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This chapter focuses on alternate history versions of Holocaust crime fiction, a popular subgenre which imagines a history that never happened: a world where Nazi Germany triumphed over the Allies in the Second World War. The chapter highlights the political potential of Nazi-era alternate history, using examples like Katharine Burdekin’s Swastika Night and Eric Norden’s The Ultimate Solution. Its primary case study is a seminal work of Holocaust crime fiction, Robert Harris’ Fatherland. The novel centres on Xavier March, a detective in 1960s Berlin who stumbles upon a conspiracy to conceal the Holocaust while investigating a seemingly routine death. Harris meticulously constructs a world where Nazism is the norm, blending familiar elements of crime fiction with the unfamiliar vision of a victorious Third Reich. However, unlike other works in the genre, Fatherland places the Holocaust at its core.

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Robert Harris’ Fatherland: Alternate Histories, Forgetting, and Remembering

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    2025年

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  • Eric Sandberg

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This chapter focuses on alternate history versions of Holocaust crime fiction, a popular subgenre which imagines a history that never happened: a world where Nazi Germany triumphed over the Allies in the Second World War. The chapter highlights the political potential of Nazi-era alternate history, using examples like Katharine Burdekin’s Swastika Night and Eric Norden’s The Ultimate Solution. Its primary case study is a seminal work of Holocaust crime fiction, Robert Harris’ Fatherland. The novel centres on Xavier March, a detective in 1960s Berlin who stumbles upon a conspiracy to conceal the Holocaust while investigating a seemingly routine death. Harris meticulously constructs a world where Nazism is the norm, blending familiar elements of crime fiction with the unfamiliar vision of a victorious Third Reich. However, unlike other works in the genre, Fatherland places the Holocaust at its core.