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What were his first choice of books?

hintHe's German and moved to Latinamerica in the 50s.

spoiler answer Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis and some other book about Rome that I don't remember. :::

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

No, he's just reeeeally into Roman history, I grew up hearing about that stuff constantly. Also viking stories, like about Erik the Red and Leif Erikson. His dad was in the Wehrmacht and spent 4 years in a POW camp in Russia so my dad really hates Russia and is constantly bringing up the horseshoe theory. I don't think my grandad himself hated the Russians though, he was a big fan of the Red Army Choir, had a few LPs.