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An earnest, complex exploration of coming to terms with the awful things your ancestors and people have done. Highly recommended.
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medium-paced
What does it mean to be German--especially in a post-WWII context? This is an absolutely beautiful and poignant graphic memoir that combines traditional comic styles with diary-like entries, collages, scans of documents, and lots of pictures. As a German-American, this book made me feel seen in a way I haven't been able to. If I could, I'd make it a mandatory read in every high school English class.
Interesting Graphic Novel that showed the author's journey to learn about her family heritage. She lacked a sense of belonging and pride due to the fact that her family participated in the Nazi party during WWII. She doesn't feel quite German but also doesn't feel American. She begins research to the best of her ability to discover her uncle's past but doesn't get too far. I like the design of handwritten notes, photographs, drawings, etc. I just felt that the author perhaps doesn't get too much of an answer to her question and therefore the climax to the story was kind of dull.
Really interesting format. It gave me a lot to think about surrounding generational identity.
Fascinating slice of history, on both the personal and (inter)national level.
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reflective
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fast-paced
What a unique reading experience! This book is truly beautiful and I suspect I could spend many more hours just looking at the images in it and gain deeper meaning to the story.
I was surprised to find little snippets of this book really relatable despite so much being foreign to me. It added much needed nuance and deeper understanding of what it must have been like to be a German during WWII, and I am amazed by the author's ability to articulate the generational shame and worry and curiosity in a way that felt very easy to approach.
The art and photographs have been so carefully collected and displayed that I felt sometimes guilty for simply reading words and turning the page, but even the text-heavy pages are beautiful and inviting.
I will be thinking about these ideas for a long time I think.
I was surprised to find little snippets of this book really relatable despite so much being foreign to me. It added much needed nuance and deeper understanding of what it must have been like to be a German during WWII, and I am amazed by the author's ability to articulate the generational shame and worry and curiosity in a way that felt very easy to approach.
The art and photographs have been so carefully collected and displayed that I felt sometimes guilty for simply reading words and turning the page, but even the text-heavy pages are beautiful and inviting.
I will be thinking about these ideas for a long time I think.