Hitler: Timur Vermes

Hitler Dept: Er Ist Wieder Da He s Here Again conceives that Hitler spent 66 years asleep in an open field in Berlin, then becomes something of a quizzical, harmless folk hero in the new millennium s celebrity-driven media and cynical political machinery, according to The Star. The sudden popularity of a farce about one of history s most reviled villains has prompted heated debate throughout Europe about whether it s OK for Germans to laugh at Hitler at last, or evidence of humanity s short memory and reduced capacity for compassion and a comic novel that imagines Adolf Hitler survived the Second World War is the surprise hit of Germany s winter book season. The debut novel by German journalist Timur Vermes has sold 250,000 copies of its initial 360,000 print run in Hitler s homeland since it was published Jan. 18, dislodging Ken Follet s Winter Of The World from the top of Germany s bestsellers list. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.