My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past
The Experiment
ISBN13:
9781615193080
$14.95
Now in paperback: The New York Times bestselling memoir hailed as unforgettable (Publishers Weekly) and a stunning memoir of cultural trauma and personal identity (Booklist). At age 38, Jennifer Teege happened to pluck a library book from the shelfand discovered a horrifying fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted in Schindlers List. Reviled as the butcher of Plaszów, Goeth was executed in 1946. The more Teege learned about him, the more certain she became: If her grandfather had met hera black womanhe would have killed her. Teeges discovery sends her into a severe depressionand fills her with questions: Why did her birth mother withhold this chilling secret? How could her grandmother have loved a mass murderer? Can evil be inherited? Teeges story is cowritten by Nikola Sellmair, who also adds historical context and insight from Teeges family and friends, in an interwoven narrative. Ultimately, Teeges search for the truth leads her, step by step, to the possibility of her own liberation.
- | Author: Jennifer Teege|Nikola Sellmair, Carolin Sommer
- | Publisher: The Experiment
- | Publication Date: Apr 05, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 240 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
- | ISBN-10: 1615193081
- | ISBN-13: 9781615193080
- Author:
- Jennifer Teege|Nikola Sellmair, Carolin Sommer
- Publisher:
- The Experiment
- Publication Date:
- Apr 05, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 240 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Biography & Autobiography
- ISBN-10:
- 1615193081
- ISBN-13:
- 9781615193080