The Reluctant Nazi: Searching for my Grandfather
A scattering of information of which this book is another piece. The hard thing is that no matter what I read about the German people the Holocaust is huger. Because it Is, not because it has been presented as such. This book talks about the hugeness of it and about how it affected one family in a way that brings me closer to a sense of what it must have been like.
It doesn't condone it, the author battles with the question of her grandfathers memberhip of the Nazi people. Even I feel I must add details about the level of his memberhip but I don't think that would be the right thing to do here.
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Just as this is one family's story, each reader must approach it in their own way also. A question that haunts and has haunted and still haunts me is, if I were there, at the time, would I have been all that different? My country has its own genocide. My past has its own ghosts.
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We talk about it here, but not as much as it should be, and there is still silence and denial and excuse making, and worse. The German people, according to this book, were silent about the Holocaust and have been condemned for this as well. The author does not believe her grandfather could have been ignorant of his Jewish friends, patients, colleagues, disappearing.
Sometimes silence is rejection, but sometimes it is because the experience is so huge and the personal connection so apparent that there are no words. Not because the involvment or accountability is denied, but because people don't know what to do?
In Germany to speak against what was happening was to die, sometimes their families as well. Perhaps that is why the silence? Because deep inside we are forced to realise that no matter how hard we try to be good people we we can't make that final sacrifice when the outcome will be to fail to make any difference? But we know that is not an excuse. Jan 12, Carrie Harville rated it really liked it.
I was challenged to keep reading this book. It moves very slowly and there are a lot of repetitive details such as street names that do not really contribute to the story. Matthew Krecun rated it liked it Apr 19, Courtney rated it did not like it Aug 29, Amelia Egypt rated it liked it Oct 29, Phyllis rated it liked it Oct 01, Elly Wynia rated it really liked it Apr 15, Katelyn rated it really liked it Jan 16, Sally Derengoski rated it liked it Jan 28, Bruce Allen rated it really liked it Jun 17, Carmen marked it as to-read Nov 24, Diana is currently reading it Dec 08, She follows his day-by-day struggle to help the sick and dying, to survive himself and shake off the stigma of being a Nazi Party member.
In this moving and provocative book, Gabrielle offers a first-hand and personal perspective on the history of that time and her own inconvenient past.
The Reluctant Nazi: Searching for My Grandfather
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The Reluctant Nazi: Searching for my Grandfather - Gabrielle Robinson - Google Книги
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