Originally published in 1932 and banned by the Nazis one year later, Blood Broth
ers follows a gang of young boys bound together by unwritten rules and mutual lo
yalty. This is the only known novel by German social worker and journalist Ernst
Haffner, of whom nearly all traces were lost during WWII. Told in stark, unspar
ing detail, Haffner's story delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the
eve of Hitler's rise to power, describing how these blood brothers move from one
petty crime to the next, spending their nights in underground bars and hotels.
