Forgotten Fatherland
by:
Ben Macintyre (author)
Forgotten Fatherland From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late 19th century. Full description
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Forgotten Fatherland From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late 19th century. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781408838150 (140883815X)
Publish date: March 1st 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Edition language: English
Macintyre retraces the path that Elizabeth Nietzsche and her fellow German purists took into the Paraguayan jungle in their quest to create an Aryan homeland. There really isn’t much left to find, so most of the book is dedicated to documenting the life of Elizabeth. Ruthlessly, Macintyre writes o...
I remember reading this years ago, and I was reminded of it again after reading Fordlandia, which I reviewed here as well. This book does two things. It gives you a biography of Elisabeth Nietzsche, sister of the philosopher. Two, it gives you the story of the Aryan community her husband and her est...
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