Twentieth of July

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Twentieth of July
Author Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Language German
GenreDrama
Publication date
1947
Publication placeAustria
Media typePrint

Twentieth of July (German: Der Zwanzigiste Juli) is a 1947 novella by the Austrian writer Alexander Lernet-Holenia. During the Nazi era an aristocratic Austria woman lends her papers to a Jewish acquaintance, only to find herself without an identity when the woman dies.

In 1948 it was adapted into a film The Other Life starring Aglaja Schmid, Robert Lindner and Gustav Waldau. [1]

References

  1. von Dassanowsky p.129

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