Andreas Pohl with his grandfather, affectionately known as "Opi" (c. 1967)

A grandson reckons with his grandfather’s Nazi past

Friedrich Wilhelm Hymmen lived two lives. His grandchildren remember a caring, playful grandfather, with a career as a respected journalist. But in his younger years, Friedrich was an early adopter of Nazism, who emerged as a literary star for the regime. Melbourne-based writer Andreas Pohl comes to terms with the truth of his grandfather’s past.

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