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This can, at times, feel overwhelmed in its brevity by the sheer scope of some subject matters, such as the history of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
I bought this book after seeing Mrs Teege speak on a TV chat show and finding her account compelling to listen to. She captures that freshness in her book. Whether we are descendants of perpetrators or victims, we are all survivors of those atrocities and together have to build a meaningful future.
Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. A haunting read, which leaves your head buzzing with questions which are really unanswerable about human nature, guilt and responsibility. Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon. This is a very touching story that adds still another dimension to the history of the Nazi era.
It goes more deeply into the trauma that was experienced by the children and grandchildren of the Nazi monsters than even the very good documentary "Hitler's Children. I read a German language version of this book.
I would hope it is also available in English. I think this is a good book but mistakingly ordered it as it's written in German, but not the sellers fault. I liked it a lot - very thought provoking since I too am a German who survived the war and have had to deal with guilt and shame.
I did not care for this book. First off, at the time of the Olympics in Berlin, Hitler's response to the black athlete Jesse Owens was warm and genuine whereas the American president of the time refused to shake Owens' hand.
And just to follow up, if you watch any video titled "Were Germans really that stupid? She did a terrible job at research, if it can be called research at all, since it seems rather opportunistic and propagandistic.
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Amazon Music Stream millions of songs. Shopbop Designer Fashion Brands. Amazon Business Service for business customers. Jennifer describes her slow and painful process of healing, mainly enabled by finding the courage to turn to her old Israeli friends.
Yet she blatantly says that she is not interested in discovering her African roots. You are not the victim here. I think there are only few people in Germany who would like to swap lives with Jennifer. She claims that she never felt a yearning for her father and that he remained a stranger to her. Home This edition , German, Book, Illustrated edition:
Her autobiography poses questions about how to live with the legacy of the Nazi crimes which are of enduring interest to Anglo-American readers. This book is not only a deeply moving personal history, but also a wider exploration of the guilt and shame experienced by the descendants of Nazi perpetrators. Jennifer Teege was born in and is the daughter of German and Nigerian parents.
Aged four weeks she was put into a home, and adopted when she was seven. She lived in Israel for four years and studied there. She has worked in advertising since She lives in Hamburg. Nikola Sellmair was born in and graduated from the German School of Journalism, and studied politics, economics and communication studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.
She has been on the staff at Stern magazine since the year and has received many awards for her work as a journalist. The Netherlands, Poland, Denmark Translation rights available from: