
Copyright: the furred reich
The Furred Reich is a 2016 neo-Nazi furry war fantasy propaganda novel written by Casey Hoerth under the pen-name Len Gibert and published through Amazon. The story follows multiple plotlines as SS soldiers are inexplicably pulled out of our world into an unnamed fantasy realm populated by anthropomorphic animals, while several minor characters flee from a continental invasion by "grimeskins". Although originally advertised as an erotic novel, the sex scenes are of minor prominence and were removed for a "PG-13" re-release in late 2017 under the new title Out of The Ruins.
The nominal main plot follows Hans Hepner, a rifleman in the Panzergrenadier-Division "Großdeutschland" spirited out of the Eastern Front, as he roams the new world in search of a German fighter that appeared shortly after him. Concurrently, Sepp Dietrich consolidates the surrounding wolven packs into a personal army with which to fend off the orcs. Toward the end of the story, Jochen Peiper and the remains of his regiment escape the Dachau trial in what is portrayed as a divine intervention, arriving in the Furry world with weapons and supplies. A patrol stumbles on Hans while he is foraging for his newfound, grievously-wounded love interest, shortly before they meet one of Dietrich's wolves who brings them to headquarters. United, the Germans thwart the orc advance and lead a reprisal attack against their war camp, slaughtering most of the warriors and forcing their leader to flee. There are also two side plots involving a petty thief and a noble scion from the world's Japan-expy as they flee the invasion, however neither intersect with the main story and drop off completely before the final battle.
The book received polarized reviews, with even its supporters noting amateurish syntax, inconsistent organization, and poor pacing. Major criticisms focused on its revisionist history of Nazi Germany and lionization of the SS: historically, Dietrich and Peiper were already culpable for war crimes by the time they arrive in the fantasy world, and the text regularly employs negative stereotypes of Jews and Slavs, with passive remarks disparaging male homosexuality and postcolonial Africa. Indeed, the "Khanate" threatening the Furry world is considered an unsubtle allegory for the Soviet Union itself. The book spends multiple chapters attempting to discredit the Malmedy massacre trial, in which Dietrich, Peiper, and most of the story's named German characters were convicted of war crimes.
A sequel novel is allegedly in development under the title Lightning and the Sun.
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