Episode notes

Günter Kunert's Short story of a lion tamer killing a tiger at the circus and wreaking havoc upon the townspeople is widely read in German classes in Germany, yet it has never before been translated into the English language. We look at why this work is so often read, and what lessons it can share with us today.

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poetrygermandeutschenglishenglischtranslationjudaismworld war twoww2east germany