Literatura fikcjonalna wobec dyktatury zbrodni. Der Angstmann Franka Goldammera
Fictional Literature against the Dictatorship of Crime. Frank Goldammer’s Der Angstmann

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary German crime novelist Frank Goldammer created the character of fictional criminal police inspector Max Heller, who became the protagonist of a series of seven historical crimestories. Particularly noteworthy in case of this entire series is the fact that the author creates fiction-al elements, setting them in very specific historical circumstances. As an example, we can refer tothe first novel in the series, Der Angstmann (first full edition in 2017), which begins in Dresden in1944. The purpose of this article is to analyze the creation of criminal plots inherent in literature ofthe historical detective genre using the Der Angstamann as an example. The actions of the criminalpolice, whose task is to capture a serial killer, are presented against the background of the criminalsystem of the Nazi state. The article aims to analyze the elements used by the author to describecrime in fiction and non-fiction, which is the basis for the construction of the novel’s narrative.

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