by Hans Peter Richter · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010141591
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«Mon ami Frédéric» is the historical novel by Hans Peter Richter, published by Librairie Générale Française in paperback (222 pages, in French).
In pre-war Germany, two boys are inseparable; one of them, Friedrich, is Jewish. With Hitler's rise to power in 1933, his family suffers insults, discrimination, and expulsion from school. Through that friendship, the novel portrays the progressive dehumanization and everyday injustice of the Nazi regime.
Originally published in 1961 as «Damals war es Friedrich», it won the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 1972. It belongs to the Le Livre de poche Jeunesse collection (number 8).
Recommended in schools for young readers and adults interested in Nazi persecution and World War II.
Hans Peter Richter was a German author. He was born in Cologne, Germany, and went to Volksschule and Aufbauschule. He took part in World War II as a soldier with the highest military rank of lieutenant from 1942 to 1945. He lost his left arm because of an injury in the war. Richter studied psychology and sociology in Cologne, Bonn and Mainz from 1948 to 1952. He achieved his promotion as Dr. rer. pol. at the University of Tübingen in 1952. He focused on independent research activities for business enterprises and broadcasting corporations from 1953 to 1973.
