Nominated for the 2019 Best YA Book (NL)
Spring 1933. The Nazis are in power in Germany and are rapidly transforming the country into a dictatorship. The opposition is silenced, imprisoned or forced to flee abroad.
Young writer Klaus Mann, a fierce critic of Hitler, goes into voluntary exile in Paris and Amsterdam.
There, he starts the anti-fascist literary magazine Die Sammlung. But… is Klaus’s fight against the Nazis the only reason that he is so fanatical about making this magazine a success? Does he want to become the hero of Germany or is something else going on?
And I Was His Hero is a story based on facts and historical people and the second part in the Mann-trilogy. It can also be read as a standalone novel.
‘A compelling story about a haunted soul who, in turbulent times, seeks a way to feed his critical mind with imagination.’ – •••• NRC Handelsblad
‘Kromhout paints an impressive portrait of life in the first decades of the twentieth century.’ – Friesch Dagblad
