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This is another book where the graphic format worked REALLY well. I loved the incorporation of documents, photographs, etc. I would have liked to see a little more reflection on the author’s intermarriage, but it’s not my memoir.
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Intensely impactful and impressively executed. This is the kind of novel you want to start reading again as you turn the last page in hopes of better grasping its nuances. It offers a beautifully crafted testimony on just how much havoc war wreaks on human life, with added musings on the role memory plays in the construction of one's sense of identity. While I picked it up because of my interest in German history and culture, I was impressed with how urgent the message of the book rings today. Immensely rich, could not recommend it enough.
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Makalöst fascinerande bok. Jag kan helt ärligt säga att jag inte läst något liknande, i alla fall inte när det gäller kombinationen mellan bild och text. Berättelsen i sig är en berättelse som många tyskar har gemensam: vad gjorde deras släktingar under nazismen? Det är en fråga som oftast inte har några ljusa svar, tror jag, många mörka, och en hel massa svar som ryms i gråzonerna. Därför är det intressant att följa författarens jakt på svar i sin egen släkts historia. En bok som dröjer sig kvar, och förtjänar många läsare.
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🌲 synopsis: This “ingenious reckoning with the past” (The New York Times), by artist Nora Krug investigates the hidden truths of her family’s wartime history in Nazi Germany. Nora was born decades after the fall of the Nazi regime, but the Second World War cast a long shadow over her childhood and youth in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. Yet she knew little about her own family’s involvement; though all four grandparents lived through the war, they never spoke of it.
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Graphic novels are so powerful, and this is certainly one of them! I enjoyed the story telling within this scrapbook and storyboard style book. While difficult to read, I felt personally invested being of half-German heritage. Some of her questions are ones I have pondered myself though I am much more detached from German culture and didn’t have many ties growing up unlike the author. There are very hard historical photographs in here as well so be prepared for that going in. I also found it interesting to see how Germans specifically integrate the Holocaust into the classroom and continuously educate.
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4/5 ⭐️
288 pgs
🌲 thoughts:
Graphic novels are so powerful, and this is certainly one of them! I enjoyed the story telling within this scrapbook and storyboard style book. While difficult to read, I felt personally invested being of half-German heritage. Some of her questions are ones I have pondered myself though I am much more detached from German culture and didn’t have many ties growing up unlike the author. There are very hard historical photographs in here as well so be prepared for that going in. I also found it interesting to see how Germans specifically integrate the Holocaust into the classroom and continuously educate.
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4/5 ⭐️
288 pgs