Nazi Father, Jewish Son

By Lázaro Droznes

This dramatic fiction is an incredible history based on the true story of the son of a German official of Wehrmacht, who was recognized for his bravery in the Second World War. It is the story of the son who converted to Judaism, abandoned Germany and went to Israel to become an Israeli citizen, and whose participation in the Liberian War and confrontation with the Palestinians place him in the same situation that his father must have experienced 40 years earlier, the type of dilemma that every soldier must face: Are all orders licit and should they always be obeyed? What is the limit of proper obedience? Does military discipline deprive the soldier of his moral and ethical views? Does all responsibility depend on the highest level of military hierarchy or is it shared by the intermediaries? This story confirms what the Greeks already knew: no one can avoid his own destiny. Regardless of what we do, it always finds us.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Unitexto Digital Publishing
• Release date: Apr 24, 2015
• ISBN: 9781507105276

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Lázaro Droznes | NAZI FATHER, JEWISH SON | The incredible history of a German war hero’s son who converted to Judaism and emigrated to Israel

© 2014 by Lázaro Droznes | © 2012 by UNITEXTO | All rights reserved | Published by UNITEXTO

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Lázaro Droznes

NAZI FATHER, JEWISH SON

The incredible history of a German war hero’s son who converted to Judaism and emigrated to Israel

This dramatic fiction is an incredible history based on the true story of the son of a German official of Wehrmacht, who was recognized for his bravery in the Second World War. It is the story of the son who converted to Judaism, abandoned Germany and went to Israel to become an Israeli citizen, and whose participation in the Liberian War and confrontation with the Palestinians place him in the same situation that his father must have experienced 40 years earlier, the type of dilemma that every soldier must face: Are all orders licit and should they always be obeyed? What is the limit of proper obedience? Does military discipline deprive the soldier of his moral and ethical views? Does all responsibility depend on the highest level of military hierarchy or is it shared by the intermediaries? This story confirms what the Greeks already knew: no one can avoid his own destiny. Regardless of what we do, it always finds us.

© 2014 by Lázaro Droznes

© 2012 by UNITEXTO

All rights reserved

Published by UNITEXTO

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NAZI FATHER, JEWISH SON

SCENE 1: CHILD’S ROOM

A room in darkness. The shape of someone lying in a bed. A door cracked open, letting in the light. The muffled sound of the German hymn Deutschland, Deutschland über alles - Germany, Germany above all other lands.

Bottles of champagne that are uncorked. A toast to Germany, above all. Siegfried, a young man of eighteen years, gets up, tormented, and moves towards the room’s door. He stares at it and then slams it shut with disgust. He hears the group sing Horst Wessel lied.

SCENE 2: LIVING ROOM

The young man, Siegfried, tall, athletic, with fair hair and blue eyes, and Rudolf, a fifty year old man, handsome, masculine,