bethanybeyondthejordan 's review for:

Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug

4.0

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This was an exceptionally fascinating multi-layered read. It’s a graphic “novel,” which makes each page interesting (do yourself a favor and skip the E-book version and get the hardback). The author deals with her guilt (shame, really, I think) of being German because of the atrocities of the Holocaust (not even marrying a Jew really lessened that for her, she says) while also embarking on a fact-finding mission (mystery of sorts) about her grandparents and great-grandparents (memoir) and their political stances and experiences in WWII Germany. I’ve never read anything like this book! I loved it!