“The Lamb and the Fuhrer” is a unique and powerful graphic novel! The illustrations are vibrant and colorful and well drawn. The plot surmises that Hitler, after his suicide, faces Jesus Christ as well as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Christian minister he condemned to the gallows. Hitler attempts to justify his life but Christ and Bonhoeffer both have conservations with him and confront him with his death wish for the Jews and his rejection of God’s love. Hitler thought he was above God.
The conversation is intriguing and the story features flashbacks of Hitler and his speaking to the masses, as well as thin and hungry Jews and concentration camps. One scene features a man that has been hung and in a few other illustrations a bloody Christ is seen as he is being crucified. We are recommending this strong faith-based story for the Faith Friendly 12+ Seal, due to the use of one word and the violence level hitting a level two in our content rating. The illustrations are so detailed that it is easy to imagine Hitler having the conversation that he does with Christ and with Bonhoeffer. This powerful graphic novel would be a good tool for a Sunday school class or a study about World War II and Hitler’s obsession with putting an end to the Jewish race. It is a compelling novel.
