Who is Herr Von Pasenow from The Sleepwalkers and what is their importance? The_Sleepwalkers English & Literature Herr Von Pasenow | The Sleepwalkers

Herr Von Pasenow was seventy in 1888, and is the father of Joachim and Helmuth. He is a German aristocratic landowner, and presides over his estate with an iron hand. When his son Helmuth is killed in a duel, Herr Von Pasenow loses his mind, slips into a coma and dies.