DW book expert David Levitz about ′The Nazi and the Barber′ by Edgar Hilsenrath | 100 German Must-Reads - a unique list of 100 works of German literature published in English | DW | 05.10.2018

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100 Must-Reads

DW book expert David Levitz about 'The Nazi and the Barber' by Edgar Hilsenrath

Do you get to laugh about Nazis? In the 1970s, Holocaust survivor Edgar Hilsenrath wrote a satire about the Nazi regime and its victims: "The Nazi and the Barber."

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