The author Fabian Wolff has apparently falsely claimed to be a Jew for years. There are always cases of this kind in history. Why? A guest contribution by Sandra Kreisler.
Have you heard of Wilkomirski Syndrome? I think it’s contagious. Wilkomirski is the name of the syndrome after a known carrier of, say, the virus. He’s not patient zero, but someone who made waves. Binjamin Wilkomirski published a book in 1995 called fragments, in which he told his Holocaust story. He had therefore watched as a small child as Nazis shot his father. Was then in several camps and after the war painstakingly researched his dead relatives. A tragic story. Thank goodness the book sold well, he was compared to Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel, spoke about his life in the Holocaust on several podiums, and gained notoriety.