Hans Herlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hans Herlin

German writer

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1925

Place of Birth: Stadtlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1994

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Hans Herlin

  • Hans Herlin (1925–December 20, 1994) was a German novelist.
  • Born in Stadtlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), he was drafted into the Luftwaffe in World War II and trained as a pilot.
  • In 1944 he fled to Switzerland and lived in France from 1972.
  • He started a writing career as a journalist and worked his way up to become managing editor of Molden, one of Germany's largest publishing houses.
  • In 1961 he wrote a detailed account of the St Louis voyage with 900+ Jewish refugees from Hamburg to Cuba and on to Antwerp, called "Kein gelobtes Land".
  • In 1972 he began writing books full time, and in 1975 published his best known novel Commemorations, about "Nazi skeletons in the national closet".
  • Commemorations was published in the United States in 1975 by St.
  • Martin's Press.
  • His books have been published in more than 18 countries. Herlin died of a heart attack at age 68, at his home in southern France on December 20, 1994.

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