Schattenland. Die Geschichte von Franz Nerowski, einem deutschen Spion für Polen

Lecture and reading with Marcel Krueger

What do you do when you find out that there was a spy in your own family who was executed by the Nazis? Author Marcel Krueger discovers that his great-uncle Franz Nerowski enlisted as a Polish spy against Nazi Germany in the 1930s - a fact that remained hidden from the family for two generations.

In his latest, as yet unpublished book, Marcel Krueger tells the story of Franz Nerowski, of East Prussia, the dark alleyways of Berlin, the battlefields of the Second World War and the penitentiaries in Berlin and Brandenburg. "Schattenland" is a personal and exciting spy story that raises questions about resistance, identity and loyalty.

Marcel Krueger is a German-Irish author and translator. Influenced by authors such as W. G. Sebald, Dubravka Ugrešić and Martin Pollack, he writes in English and German about memory, identity and landscapes in Europe based on his family history. A major focus of his work is on the eventful German-Polish history and relations between the two countries today.

In cooperation with the German-Polish Society, Landesverband Baden-Württemberg e.V.