Ein sehr schlechter erster mann der noble gedanke des sozialismus in Stefan Heyms kurzgeschichte ‘Ein sehr guter zweiter mann’

Abstract

In einem Interview am 28. Juni 1995 steHte Phillip Adams Stefan Heym die Frage 'Wieso sind Sie diesem Geftihl 'Ich habe etwas falsch gemacht' odereigentlich 'Ich warTeil einer Bewegung diefehlschlug' entronnenT' Heym antwortete: I knew from the begi nning that so meth ing was not proper in the who Ie set-up and I have been wondering about it and thinking about it and then writing about it. Much of my work concerns exactly that issue. If you read the King David Report, if you read Ahasver, my religious books, if you read my historic books beginning with my novel about the revolution of 1848 or Collin, the story of a writer who clashed with a man from the secret police and others. All these books investigate the question what is wrong there.