Winter Men, Jesper Bugge Kold
Winter Men, Jesper Bugge Kold
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Winter Men

Author: Jesper Bugge Kold, K.E. Semmel

Narrator: Nick Sandys

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/30/2016

Synopsis

As the dark specter of the Nazis settles over Germany, two wealthy and educated brothers are suddenly thrust into the rising tide of war. Karl, a former soldier and successful businessman, dutifully answers the call to defend his country, while contemplative academic Gerhard is coerced into informing for the Gestapo. Soon the brothers are serving in the SS, and as Hitler’s hateful agenda brings about unspeakable atrocities, they find themselves with innocent blood on their hands.Following Germany’s eventual defeat, Karl and Gerhard are haunted by their insurmountable guilt, and each seeks a way to escape from wounds that will never heal. They survived the war and its revelation of systematic horrors, but can they survive the unshakable knowledge of their own culpability?

About Jesper Bugge Kold

Jesper Bugge Kold was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and worked as a journalist before becoming a librarian and website designer. His deep interest in the Second World War inspired him to write Winter Men, which was first published in Danish as Vintermænd and nominated for the debutant prize at Denmark’s Book Forum in 2014. He now lives in South Funen with his wife and two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Corey

Right off the bat I’m just going to say that this book affected me as much as anything I have ever read. Extremely powerful, upsetting, and uncomfortable, and I’m giving this a full 5 stars as I believe it deserves nothing less. And before I go any further I should be very clear that this book, and......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Chilling and Instructive Does the world need yet another work of historical fiction set during WWII and told from a German point of view? As it turns out, Winter Men proves that it does. I didn't really appreciate what Hanna Arendt truly meant by the phrase "banality of evil" until I read this book.......more

Goodreads review by David Reviews

Brothers Karl and Gerhard are respectable Germans living in Hamburg as change sweeps through Germany before the start of WW2. The Nazi propaganda machine, headed by Adolf Hitler, is at lts most effective and is spiralling Germany towards violence and war once more. We follow the brothers as they are......more

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