Michael Prawdin

Michael Prawdin was the pseudonym of Michael Charol (20 January 1894 – 23 December 1970),^[1] a Russian-German historical writer.

Born in present-day Ukraine, Charol came to Germany after the Russian Revolution.^[2] He studied in Germany,^[3] and wrote in German. In 1934, he made a plea for the 'factual novel'.^[4]

Prawdin made himself an international reputation with two books on Genghis Khan. The Nazi bureaucrat Heinrich Himmler sufficiently admired the books that he ordered the publication of a one-volume edition in 1938, a copy of which was given to every SS leader; the book appears to have encouraged Adolf Hitler to claim inspiration from Genghis Khan.^[2]

^ Michael Prawdin - Munzinger Biographie
^ ^a ^b Richard Breitman, 'Hitler and Genghis Khan', Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 25, No. 2/3 (May–June 1990), pp. 337–351; cf. Breitman, The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution, Bodley Head, 1991, p. 39
^ Erhard Schutz, in Sabina Becker, Helmuth Kiesel & Robert Krause, Literarische Moderne: Begriff und Phänomen, p. 376
^ 'Der Tatsachenroman', Die Literatur 36 (1933/34). pp. 256-9

[1] Michael Prawdin - Munzinger Biographie

[Breitman-2] Richard Breitman, 'Hitler and Genghis Khan', Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 25, No. 2/3 (May–June 1990), pp. 337–351; cf. Breitman, The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution, Bodley Head, 1991, p. 39

[3] Erhard Schutz, in Sabina Becker, Helmuth Kiesel & Robert Krause, Literarische Moderne: Begriff und Phänomen, p. 376

[4] 'Der Tatsachenroman', Die Literatur 36 (1933/34). pp. 256-9

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