Fundbüro

Hatred of foreigners, tolerance, loss, and morality – Siegfried Lenz addresses the significant and still highly relevant themes of our time in this novel.

Henry Neff, an employee at a lost and found office, has always advocated for dialogue and listening to what each side has to say in light of increasing violence. However, when a biker gang attacks him, then a Bashkir mathematician, and finally a mailman from Nigeria, Henry decides to drive the men away with his hockey stick instead of calling the police.

Attack and defense, violence and hatred, threats and the loss of one's job, as well as rationalizations in the workplace, form the highlights of a charming story centered around a lost and found office that brings together a diverse array of people in search of both material and immaterial things.