Susanne Strittmatter, Matthias Strittmatter et al.: Fallende Sterne

Reviewed by Prof. Dr. Bernhard M. Hoppe, 2025-03-26
Translated from German version by DeepL

Susanne Strittmatter, Matthias Strittmatter, Yaron Windmüller: Fallende Sterne. Chronologie eines unplötzlichen Kindstods. Athena-Verlag e.K. (Oberhausen) 2024. 144 pages. ISBN 978-3-7455-1182-6. D: 17,90 EUR, A: 18,40 EUR.

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Summary

The merit of the book is the instructive and emotionally moving portrayal of the life of Maurice Windmüller and its embedding in contemporary history. Especially at a time when contemporary witnesses are only available to a limited extent and the temporal distance to the generation of perpetrators and victims seems to make the events fade from family memory, an account of an individual's fate that goes beyond the purely factual framework is impressive. However, it remains to be seen whether the first-person narrative of an infant is really the appropriate form.

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Prof. Dr. Bernhard M. Hoppe
Hochschule Mittweida und Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
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