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Although this story is typically considered a historical drama and a warning about fascism (and the way that collaboration with evil inevitably corrupts) there is also a sense in which it's a story of wrath and vengeance. Presented simply as the correspondence between two German friends in the 1930s, one of whom is Jewish, it eloquently depicts one of the men becoming increasingly poisoned by the forces rising in society around him, and the descent into wicknedness that this causes...
MYSTERIOUS MAGPIE is a channel devoted to ghost and horror stories on British radio, and to dark tales of every kind. I have another channel, MYSTICAL MAGPIE, which is all about stories of fantasy, mythology, and adventure: / @mysticalmagpie-wo5fn
If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.
Holly Wraiths on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Holly-Wraith...