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An international bestseller, this is the extraordinary memoir of a German-Nigerian woman who learns that her grandfather was the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler's List.

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A stunning memoir of cultural trauma and personal identity. * Booklist *
Fascinating reading...a thought-provoking book. * The Quarterly Review *
A powerful account of Teege's struggle for resolution and redemption. * Independent *
Jennifer Teege's new memoir traces the pain of discovering her grandfather was the real-life 'Nazi butcher' from Schindler's List. * People magazine *
Unforgettable. . . . Teege's quest to discover her personal history is empowering. * Publisher's Weekly *
Refreshing...Teege's heartfelt commentary and Sellmair's objective narrative produce a layer of balanced interpretation and insight. * New York Journal of Books *
Courageous. . . . The memoir invites rereading to fully absorb Teege's painful search for answers, for a sense of identity and belonging and for inner peace. * The Seattle Times *
Jennifer Teege's haunting and unflinching memoir shatters the kind of silence that has plagued some German families for three generations and offers a healing alternative. * Washington Post *

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me

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    A Paperback / softback by Jennifer Teege, Carolin Sommer, Nikola Sellmair

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      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 24 September 2015
      ISBN-13 9781473616257
      978-1473616257
      ISBN-10 1473616255
      Also in:
      Biography Memoirs History Military History Second World War

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An international bestseller, this is the extraordinary memoir of a German-Nigerian woman who learns that her grandfather was the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler's List.

      Trade Review
      A stunning memoir of cultural trauma and personal identity. * Booklist *
      Fascinating reading...a thought-provoking book. * The Quarterly Review *
      A powerful account of Teege's struggle for resolution and redemption. * Independent *
      Jennifer Teege's new memoir traces the pain of discovering her grandfather was the real-life 'Nazi butcher' from Schindler's List. * People magazine *
      Unforgettable. . . . Teege's quest to discover her personal history is empowering. * Publisher's Weekly *
      Refreshing...Teege's heartfelt commentary and Sellmair's objective narrative produce a layer of balanced interpretation and insight. * New York Journal of Books *
      Courageous. . . . The memoir invites rereading to fully absorb Teege's painful search for answers, for a sense of identity and belonging and for inner peace. * The Seattle Times *
      Jennifer Teege's haunting and unflinching memoir shatters the kind of silence that has plagued some German families for three generations and offers a healing alternative. * Washington Post *

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