Mit dem Rücken zur Wand

Synopsis of Mit dem Rücken zur Wand

«Mit dem Rücken zur Wand» is the historical young-adult novel by Klaus Kordon, published by Beltz in paperback (125 pages, in German).

Set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, it tells how a teenager finds work in a factory while political tensions grow with the rise of Nazism. In his family, his communist brother, his sister with a SA boyfriend, and his friend Mieze, who fears for the future, clash.

Second instalment of the «Trilogie der Wendepunkte» series. This Schulausgabe (school edition) corresponds to the abridged version published in 2002.

School edition designed for young people aged 14 and up, also used as classroom reading.