Behold a Pale Horse

by Lannon D. Reed

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0917342097
• ISBN13: 9780917342097
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

SHOULDN'T MATTER WHO YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE

"Behold A Pale Horse" is the most tragic and hopeless book I have ever read. It is so sad because it is actually a true story. Although it is a fictitious tale, it is based on true events. The book tells the courageous story of Van Bertholds. Van is a Jewish man living in Germany during the beginning of the Nazi Holocaust. On the eve of Van's capture he meets Franz Richter. Both men fall in love but are separated because Van bravely goes to look for his parents that were unmercifully put in concentration camps. Soon after Van finds out that his father dies, he finds his mother. Van wishes that his poor mother will be put out of her misery and join his beloved father because death is more humane than a life of vulgar torture by hatemongers. Van's prayers are answered when his mother dies in his arms. Since Van was big and strong he was selected to help the Nazis with their work of hate. If he denied them then he would have either been killed or tortured. During this time he was also reunited with his old childhood friend, Rudolf Hoess. As a child Van idolized Rudy Hoess and almost had a crush on him. As a man, Van hated Rudy Hoess. Rudolf Hoess was now a Nazi. And he also knew Van's secret, that he was a homosexual man. Rudy forced Van into sexual submission because he had some sick need to be in charge. One day while Van was trying to find some "pink triangles" that were strong enough for Nazi testing (that was his new job) he saw Franz. The two lovers embraced and Franz wept when he saw Van. Van was now a marked man. The Jewish men in his camp no longer wanted him to wear the Star of David. You see, there is tremendous hate in the pits of hell especially towards the men that wear the pink triangles. Van now had to wear the pink triangle. But for the first time in his life he was not ashamed to be a homosexual man. The truth set him free. He tried to help poor Franz as much as he could because he was much weaker and more sensitive thus making him a prime target for the Nazis. The pink triangles were among the most hated. During the 1940's Van had been in capture for more than a few years. It was around this time that the concentration camps changed to pure death camps. And the tragic homosexual men were among the first to be murdered at the hands of the hate-filled Nazis. One day Van and Franz came back to their camp and found that all of the prisoners that shared their ward were gassed to death. Why were Van and Franz spared? Rudy Hoess decided that it would be better to keep Van alive so that he could torture him and use him for his sick and sadistic pleasures. "Behold a pale horse and his name that sat on him was Death." I recommend this book to anyone that is interested in gay studies, or anyone that is interested in learning about the Holocaust. Thank you to Lannon D. Reed for writing such a powerful book; this story must be told.

Heart touching story

I first read this book back in 1984. I cried.... the book touched my soul. The author gave voice to people who died and are often forgotten. Thank you for this story.

Behold a Pale Horse

This is a terrific piece of writing,and a tribute to the human spirit.Mr Reed tells the story of how a Jewish Homosexual survives the horrific experience of being a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps.His hero survives in order to tell the story of the inhuman treatment of people at the hands of the Nazis.Mr Reed has told that story beautifully.My only disappointment is that I can not find any other books written by Mr Reed

Shows just how deceiving the government can be.

This book went into such depth. Some aspects were quite disturbing and I would recommend reading it just to see how much the government twists words, etc. to cover the things that the general public should have access to but might not be ready to know. Interesting reading if you should choose to believe everything that was written. I'm not sure where I stand on some of the topics discussed, but would be very interested to find out the TRUTH behind the statements that Mr. Cooper makes. Especially in regard to the "sighting" on the submarine.

It was a great book that is so true

It talked about the government and all of the crazy criminal acts that they do.