# Old 1930s German Book Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902 "2015-11-29T02:32:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/1 "2015-11-29T02:32:48Z")
I have a book printed in 1937, in German, titled “Peter Mönkenmann. Freikorpskämpfer an der Ruhr”. The author is Tudel Weller. Googling hasn’t been a big help. Anyone know anything about this book? My German is spotty, so all I know is that: 1. It’s from the Nazi era. 2. About a man in the Friekorps. 3. Might take place in the Ruhr region of Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/2 "2015-11-29T02:44:56Z")
I’m not sure exactly what you’re after, but a [google search of the author](https://www.google.com/search?q=Tudel+Weller&oq=Tudel+Weller&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=Tudel+Weller&nirf=Title+Weller) brought up some google books matches. They seem to have been quite pro-Nazi. ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/3 "2015-11-29T04:46:29Z")
Mainly I’m wondering what the book is about. I got it with a box full of other books with publication dates between 1900-1960 at a used book store. ---
**Author:** ![botsgotme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/4 "2015-11-29T05:46:18Z")
The “freikorps” were groups of ex-soldiers who fought with communists in the streets. Herman Goering commanded one such group. they were active in the rise of the nazis to power, and greatly destabilized the Wiemar Republic. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/5 "2015-11-29T12:13:35Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > I have a book printed in 1937, in German, titled “Peter Mönkenmann. Freikorpskämpfer an der Ruhr”. The author is Tudel Weller. Googling hasn’t been a big help. > > Anyone know anything about this book? My German is spotty, so all I know is that: > > 1. It’s from the Nazi era. > 2. About a man in the Friekorps. > 3. Might take place in the Ruhr region of Germany. Link to some listings for it on [Bookfinder.com](http://Bookfinder.com): > **[BookFinder.com: Search Results (Matching Titles)](https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=weller&title=Peter%2BM%F6nkenmann.%2BFreikorpsk%E4mpfer%2Ban%2Bder%2BRuhr&lang=de&new_used=*&destination=us¤cy=USD&binding=*&isbn=&keywords=&minprice=&maxprice=&min_year=&max_year=&mode=advanced&st=sr&ac=qr)** > > Find nearly any book: new, used, rare and textbooks. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. You might try contacting one of them and asking them to flip through their copy and tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/6 "2015-11-29T13:50:38Z")
It’s about a young man who finds his way into the Freikorps where he makes a best friend (spoiler alert: eventually martyred!) and learns a sense of purpose fighting communist agitators and treasonists. At the end, he concludes that he will dedicate himself to the Fatherland, if only the right Leader comes along, because the Fatherland will always need men like Peter. Typical agitprop, as best I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/7 "2015-11-29T14:06:45Z")
Dude, you’ve started threads on Mengele, a concentration camp visit, psychological doubling among Nazi doctors, a Nazi bayonet, and now agitprop for the Fatherland. I advise you to widen your interest set! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/8 "2015-11-29T14:40:54Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Dude, you’ve started threads on Mengele, a concentration camp visit, psychological doubling among Nazi doctors, a Nazi bayonet, and now agitprop for the Fatherland. I advise you to widen your interest set! I love the username and post combo, **Maserschmidt**!! 😉 😃 But yeah, **Brodi** - ? ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/9 "2015-11-29T15:03:08Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I love the username and post combo, **Maserschmidt**!! 😉 😃 But yeah, **Brodi** - ? Have an interest in it, so what? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/10 "2015-11-29T15:16:08Z")
> [@Brodi](#): > > Have an interest in it, so what? You’re absolutely right, of course. Hope my link helped. ---
**Author:** ![Brodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1930s-german-book-question/738902/11 "2015-11-29T15:21:35Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > You’re absolutely right, of course. Hope my link helped. It did, thanks!