by Hans Peter Richter · RBA La Magrana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474101850
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«El meu amic Friedrich» is the young adult novel by Hans Peter Richter, published by RBA La Magrana in paperback (144 pages, in Catalan).
The novel follows the friendship between Friedrich, a Jewish boy, and his neighbor and schoolmate in Hitler's Germany. Friedrich's life takes a turn when his father loses his job, attackers wreck his home and force him to change schools. Through these situations, the work shows the advance of antisemitism in everyday life.
The Catalan translation is by Carme Serrallonga. The work was originally published in 1961 as «Damals war es Friedrich» and received the Mildred L. Batchelder Award in 1972.
Suitable for young readers, it is often used as school reading; it also appeals to those seeking historical fiction about the Holocaust.
Hans Peter Richter was a German author. He was born in Cologne, Germany, and went to Volksschule and Aufbauschule. He took part in World War II as a soldier with the highest military rank of lieutenant from 1942 to 1945. He lost his left arm because of an injury in the war. Richter studied psychology and sociology in Cologne, Bonn and Mainz from 1948 to 1952. He achieved his promotion as Dr. rer. pol. at the University of Tübingen in 1952. He focused on independent research activities for business enterprises and broadcasting corporations from 1953 to 1973.
