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1929: The Weimar Republic is being steadily weakened by conflicts
A Small Circus
What you need to know before your trail
In a small German town a storm is brewing. A reporter by the name of Tredup leads a precarious existence working for the Pomeranian Chronicle – until he takes some photographs that offer the chance to make a fortune.
In Krüger’s bar, the farmers are plotting their revenge on greedy officials. A mysterious travelling salesman from Berlin , Henning, is stirring up trouble – but no one knows why. Meanwhile the Nazis grow stronger and the Communists fight them in the streets. And at the centre of it all, the Mayor, ‘Fatty’ Gareis, seeks the easy life even as events spiral beyond his control.
Violence is on the horizon
Travel Guide
Neumünster (Altholm is fictional)
This book was first published in 1931 and as the foreword to this edition says, it’s one of the best fictional accounts of the forces that brought the Weimar Republic to its knees and paved the way for National Socialism
Events in the novel are inspired and based on the author’s own experiences of life in Neumünster in Schleswig-Holstein. It was here that he observed the workings of provincial journalism, the plight of the farmers and the control of those in power
He was actually in the town on the day of the demonstration in the novel and so experienced the discontent at first hand.
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