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Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
by Nora Krug
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
🌲 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.
🌲 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
🌲 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