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4.32 AVERAGE
sad
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In this graphic memoir equivalent of a docudrama, Nora Krug provides the fascinating perspective of a German with the inherited guilt from Nazi Germany, as she pursues the truth about her grandparents role in WW2 through documents, trips, and meetings with estranged family members and what the answers might ultimately mean for how she is supposed to understand herself. Illuminating, peculiar, and at times, emotional affecting.
My only slight complaint (which may just be my inattention), is that the consistent switching back and forth between the different sets of grandparents became disorienting and I kept forgetting which grandparents she was talking about and merging them in my head. I resigned myself to not being able to follow it all the time and just remain along for the ride of Nora’s personal journey processing the information.
My only slight complaint (which may just be my inattention), is that the consistent switching back and forth between the different sets of grandparents became disorienting and I kept forgetting which grandparents she was talking about and merging them in my head. I resigned myself to not being able to follow it all the time and just remain along for the ride of Nora’s personal journey processing the information.
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Der Versuch einer persönlicher Aufarbeitung der NS-Zeit an Hand der eigenen Familiengeschichte. Wer waren unsere Großeltern und Urgroßeltern und was ist ein Mitläufer oder ein Belasteter?
challenging
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reflective
sad
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dark
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informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
(Note: I received an advanced reader's copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley)
Between the real life photos and documents that are mixed with absolutely gorgeous art, and Nora Krug's meticulous documentation of her quest to unravel and understand her family's history, it's impossible to not feel like you were placed in the author's shoes and taken along for every single step of her journey. You will be unsettled by the same questions and worries that weigh on her, end up feeling the same thirst for answers, and feel the same grapple of emotions that beset her with every new revelation about the past. It's an experience that you should not pass up, especially considering the present. With mass dehumanization of others on a fierce and continuing rise, Krug will do the much-needed favor of making you think of what it means to have a national past shaped by dark forces.
One of the best books I've read this year.
Between the real life photos and documents that are mixed with absolutely gorgeous art, and Nora Krug's meticulous documentation of her quest to unravel and understand her family's history, it's impossible to not feel like you were placed in the author's shoes and taken along for every single step of her journey. You will be unsettled by the same questions and worries that weigh on her, end up feeling the same thirst for answers, and feel the same grapple of emotions that beset her with every new revelation about the past. It's an experience that you should not pass up, especially considering the present. With mass dehumanization of others on a fierce and continuing rise, Krug will do the much-needed favor of making you think of what it means to have a national past shaped by dark forces.
One of the best books I've read this year.
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Interesting documentary-style book. I did not come away understanding why she felt so much guilt over Germany losing the war. What a pity.
