Mitchell Allan - The Devil's Captain Ernst Junger In Nazi Paris 1941 - 1944 - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Author of Nazi Paris a Choice Academic Book of the Year Allan Mitchell has researched a companion volume concerning the acclaimed and controversial German author Ernst J nger who if not the greatest German writer of the twentieth century certainly was the most controversial. His service as a military officer during the occupation of Paris where his principal duty was to mingle with French intellectuals such as Jean Cocteau and with visiting German celebrities like Martin Heidegger was at the center of disputes concerning his career. Spending more than three years in the French capital he regularly recorded in a journal revealing impressions of Parisian life and also managed to establish various meaningful social contacts with the intriguing Sophie Ravoux for one. By focusing on this episode the most important of J nger's adult life the author brings to bear a wide reading of journals and correspondence to reveal J nger's professional and personal experience in wartime and thereafter. This new perspective on the war years adds significantly to our understanding of France's darkest hour.
Title: The Devil's Captain Ernst Junger In Nazi Paris 1941 - 1944
Author(s): Mitchell Allan
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Barcode: 9781800730069
Pages: 140 Pages
Publication Date: 1/11/2021
Category: Second World War