![]() Parenti rebukes Harrer's sanitized portrayal of Tibet and instead describes it as a feudal society consisting of slavery, lifelong servitude, and serfdom before being liberated by the PLA. The book has been criticized by Marxist political scientist Michael Parenti for its white-washing portrayal of Tibet before the involvement of the Chinese Communist Party. After this was revealed by the German magazine Stern in 1997, he expressed regret for his involvement with the Nazi Party. Heinrich Harrer was a Nazi sergeant in the SS. See also: Anti-communism ยง Germany, and Serfdom in Tibet controversy ![]() It has been said that the book "provided the world with a final glimpse of life in an independent Tibetan state prior to the Chinese invasion." Criticism Harrer subsequently became a tutor and friend of the 14th Dalai Lama. Here they spent several years, and Harrer describes the contemporary Tibetan culture in detail. Harrer and Aufschnaiter then traveled across Tibet to Lhasa, the capital. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book covers the escape of Harrer and his companion, Peter Aufschnaiter, from a British internment camp in India. Mein Leben am Hofe des Dalai Lama 1954 in English) is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 19 during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet in 1950. Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During and After (1952 German: Sieben Jahre in Tibet. ![]()
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