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A review by atticusmammy
A Crime in the Family: A World War II Secret Buried in Silence—And My Search for the Truth by Sacha Batthyány
2.0
I found both the story of The Hostess from Hell and the entries from the old journals interesting.
What bothered me was the author’s inner turmoil concerning “what’s still left in my bones from earlier times” and “what influence past events have in making us what we are”. Margit was married to his grandfather’s brother- there is no blood connection there! I think I’d rather have read a book about the events leading up to, during, and after the massacre. The author’s battle of conscience, so to speak, seems fabricated just as an excuse to write a book and draw attention to it by using “family”.
This book is translated into English and many times I do feel as if details and nuances of fact are truly “lost in translation” and this may be the case here.
What bothered me was the author’s inner turmoil concerning “what’s still left in my bones from earlier times” and “what influence past events have in making us what we are”. Margit was married to his grandfather’s brother- there is no blood connection there! I think I’d rather have read a book about the events leading up to, during, and after the massacre. The author’s battle of conscience, so to speak, seems fabricated just as an excuse to write a book and draw attention to it by using “family”.
This book is translated into English and many times I do feel as if details and nuances of fact are truly “lost in translation” and this may be the case here.