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Thesis
Small town, world war: a partial English translation of Arno Frank’s Ginsterburg
University of Iowa
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
Spring 2026
DOI: 10.25820/etd.008364
Abstract
Imagine traveling back in time to observe a small German town between 1935 and 1945. Picture yourself meeting its citizens and sharing their daily routines. Then consider how these individuals might transform as the Third Reich begins to reshape and disrupt their world. Would you judge them? Would you be influenced by the political climate surrounding you? If this thought experiment intrigues you, this thesis will too. Within this English translation of the first two chapters of Arno Frank’s 2025 novel Ginsterburg, you will encounter a young schoolboy turning into a fighter pilot, a bookseller constrained by propaganda laws of the time, a florist turning high-ranking Nazi leader, amongst many other characters. This translation aims to capture a moment in history that seems unimaginable while retaining the text’s literary and linguistic features.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Small town, world war: a partial English translation of Arno Frank’s Ginsterburg
- Creators
- Katharina Juchhoff
- Contributors
- Aron Aji (Advisor)Diana Thow (Committee Member)Thomas Mira y Lopez (Committee Member)Elke Heckner (Committee Member)Kirsten Kumpf-Baele (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Literary Translation
- Date degree season
- Spring 2026
- DOI
- 10.25820/etd.008364
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- iii, 82 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2026 Katharina Juchhoff
- Language
- English
- Date submitted
- 04/24/2026
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical referenes (page 82).
- Academic Unit
- Translation Program
- Record Identifier
- 9985176870902771
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