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It seems pretty clear to me that Christian Szell is based on the real-life Josef Mengele. Szell was a doctor who ran experiments at Auschwitz. The real-life Mengele was a doctor who ran experiments at Auschwitz. Szell moved to Paraguay after the war. The real-life Mengele moved to Paraguay after the war, and Simon Wiesenthal had been claiming it since 1967 (Wiesenthal, Simon. The Murderers Among Us. Saturday Evening Post. 3/11/1967. Vol. 240 Issue 5. p38-53, 13p).
Mengele and Szell are mentioned together in the book as the "twin angels" of Auschwitz. The real-life Mengele was indeed known as the Angel of Death, most likely as a play on his name. "Angel" in German is "Engel." Szell is called "der weisser Engel."
Several commentators make such a connection. e.g.:
All of this together leads to the conclusion that the Szell character was inspired, at least in part, by Josef Mengele. So unless you can give me a good reason to ignore Time Magazine and peer-reviewed journals, it's going back in. superluser t c 2007 August 17, 06:54 (UTC)
I think the synopsis should include a reference to his marathon-running skills, and how they unexpectedly come to fit into the story. 86.145.156.23 ( talk) 15:05, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Babe's mother's name is Rebekkah.
From page 182 of the Random House Digital, Inc., Jul 3, 2001 edition - ISBN 0345439724, 9780345439727 WhisperToMe ( talk) 04:34, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
The "plot synopsis" section makes no sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.23.114 ( talk) 01:29, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
I agree. At one point it says: "Tom's PhD dissertation aims to clear his father's name of alleged Nazi collaboration." It wasn't Nazi collaboration his father was accused of, but Communism.
From the 1st Ballentine Books Edition (January 8, 2013), published by Open Road Media, ASIN # B00AQAD1Z0 (eBook)
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It seems pretty clear to me that Christian Szell is based on the real-life Josef Mengele. Szell was a doctor who ran experiments at Auschwitz. The real-life Mengele was a doctor who ran experiments at Auschwitz. Szell moved to Paraguay after the war. The real-life Mengele moved to Paraguay after the war, and Simon Wiesenthal had been claiming it since 1967 (Wiesenthal, Simon. The Murderers Among Us. Saturday Evening Post. 3/11/1967. Vol. 240 Issue 5. p38-53, 13p).
Mengele and Szell are mentioned together in the book as the "twin angels" of Auschwitz. The real-life Mengele was indeed known as the Angel of Death, most likely as a play on his name. "Angel" in German is "Engel." Szell is called "der weisser Engel."
Several commentators make such a connection. e.g.:
All of this together leads to the conclusion that the Szell character was inspired, at least in part, by Josef Mengele. So unless you can give me a good reason to ignore Time Magazine and peer-reviewed journals, it's going back in. superluser t c 2007 August 17, 06:54 (UTC)
I think the synopsis should include a reference to his marathon-running skills, and how they unexpectedly come to fit into the story. 86.145.156.23 ( talk) 15:05, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
Babe's mother's name is Rebekkah.
From page 182 of the Random House Digital, Inc., Jul 3, 2001 edition - ISBN 0345439724, 9780345439727 WhisperToMe ( talk) 04:34, 26 January 2012 (UTC)
The "plot synopsis" section makes no sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.23.114 ( talk) 01:29, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
I agree. At one point it says: "Tom's PhD dissertation aims to clear his father's name of alleged Nazi collaboration." It wasn't Nazi collaboration his father was accused of, but Communism.
From the 1st Ballentine Books Edition (January 8, 2013), published by Open Road Media, ASIN # B00AQAD1Z0 (eBook)