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A Question of Allegiance

Peter Vollmer

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Description:The world is at war…Matthias Aschenborn, the son of a wealthy South West African industrialist and farmer finds himself flying by the seat of his pants in Peter Vollmer’s panoramic novel A Question of Allegiance Matthias and his philandering older brother George are sent by their father to Germany to complete their educations – this during the 1930s when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party were promising to restore pride and glory to the country following defeat in World War 1.While George sets about completing his university studies and encouraging his young brother to spend more time on his sex education, Matthias sees his future as a pilot in the fabled Luftwaffe as a way to deal with the looming prospect of conscription into Hitler’s burgeoning war machine.But Matthias, who has been brought up in a family with long and strong Jewish connections, finds allegiances are strained. He is astounded at the enthusiasm that respectable Germans in the Fatherland are showing for Hitler’s dreams of redemption.But he discovers that a culture of fear and reprisals against dissenters prevents even military veterans from speaking out when the Jew-hating begins.From this launch pad Matthias is propelled on a cascade of adventures in Spain, Russia, Germany and finally back in South West Africa as he becomes entangled – amorously and otherwise – in the development and later collapse of the Fuhrer’s Third Reich.On the one hand there are Matthias’life-or-death exploits with the Luftwaffe and the Condor Legion; as a Russian prisoner-of-war in a concentration camp and a punishing Siberian gulag; and finally as a farmer and post-war hunter of ivory poachers in the Kalahari headed by ruthless ex-Nazi war criminals.On the other hand are the adorable Tippi, Wiebke, Celeste, Klara and Heidi – though who is conquering whomin Matthias’ romantic life is open to question. At times allegiances overlap.Peter Vollmer’s sweeping Bildungsroman of a young man trying to make his way through a world tainted with pure evil and drenched with innocent blood returns time and again to humour and love.And it all comes full circle in A Question of Allegiance , as the ex-Luftwaffe pilot joins forces with the Nazi-hunters in a showdown in the African bush where the ultimate allegiances are tested…Peter Vollmer is the grandson of German colonists who settled in the German colony of South West Africa (now Namibia) in the late 19th century. After living and studying in Namibia, France and England, Peter returned to his native South Africa. He was involved in assisting then Rhodesia when it declared UDI and assisted in breaking the embargo set by the United Nations. His other novels include Gunrunners, Diamonds Are But Stone and Per Fine Ounce.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Question of Allegiance. To get started finding A Question of Allegiance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 398

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Release: 2017

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Description: The world is at war…Matthias Aschenborn, the son of a wealthy South West African industrialist and farmer finds himself flying by the seat of his pants in Peter Vollmer’s panoramic novel A Question of Allegiance Matthias and his philandering older brother George are sent by their father to Germany to complete their educations – this during the 1930s when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party were promising to restore pride and glory to the country following defeat in World War 1.While George sets about completing his university studies and encouraging his young brother to spend more time on his sex education, Matthias sees his future as a pilot in the fabled Luftwaffe as a way to deal with the looming prospect of conscription into Hitler’s burgeoning war machine.But Matthias, who has been brought up in a family with long and strong Jewish connections, finds allegiances are strained. He is astounded at the enthusiasm that respectable Germans in the Fatherland are showing for Hitler’s dreams of redemption.But he discovers that a culture of fear and reprisals against dissenters prevents even military veterans from speaking out when the Jew-hating begins.From this launch pad Matthias is propelled on a cascade of adventures in Spain, Russia, Germany and finally back in South West Africa as he becomes entangled – amorously and otherwise – in the development and later collapse of the Fuhrer’s Third Reich.On the one hand there are Matthias’life-or-death exploits with the Luftwaffe and the Condor Legion; as a Russian prisoner-of-war in a concentration camp and a punishing Siberian gulag; and finally as a farmer and post-war hunter of ivory poachers in the Kalahari headed by ruthless ex-Nazi war criminals.On the other hand are the adorable Tippi, Wiebke, Celeste, Klara and Heidi – though who is conquering whomin Matthias’ romantic life is open to question. At times allegiances overlap.Peter Vollmer’s sweeping Bildungsroman of a young man trying to make his way through a world tainted with pure evil and drenched with innocent blood returns time and again to humour and love.And it all comes full circle in A Question of Allegiance , as the ex-Luftwaffe pilot joins forces with the Nazi-hunters in a showdown in the African bush where the ultimate allegiances are tested…Peter Vollmer is the grandson of German colonists who settled in the German colony of South West Africa (now Namibia) in the late 19th century. After living and studying in Namibia, France and England, Peter returned to his native South Africa. He was involved in assisting then Rhodesia when it declared UDI and assisted in breaking the embargo set by the United Nations. His other novels include Gunrunners, Diamonds Are But Stone and Per Fine Ounce.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Question of Allegiance. To get started finding A Question of Allegiance, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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