Overview
Although raised in an orphanage and eventually adopted, Teege had some contact with her biological mother and grandmother as a child. Yet neither revealed that Teegeās grandfather was the Nazi ābutcher of PlaszĆ³w,ā executed for crimes against humanity in 1946. The more Teege reads about Amon Goeth, the more certain she becomes: If her grandfather had met herāa black womanāhe would have killed her.
Teegeās discovery sends her, at age 38, into a severe depressionāand on a quest to unearth and fully comprehend her familyās haunted history. Her research takes her to Krakowāto the sites of the Jewish ghetto her grandfather āclearedā in 1943 and the PlaszĆ³w concentration camp he then commandedāand back to Israel, where she herself once attended college, learned fluent Hebrew, and formed lasting friendships. Teege struggles to reconnect with her estranged mother Monika, and to accept that her beloved grandmother once lived in luxury as Amon Goethās mistress at PlaszĆ³w.
Teegeās story is cowritten by award-winning journalist Nikola Sellmair, who also contributes a second, interwoven narrative that draws on original interviews with Teegeās family and friends and adds historical context. Ultimately, Teegeās resolute search for the truth leads her, step by step, to the possibility of her own liberation.
This book title, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me (A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past), ISBN: 9781615192533, by Nikola Sellmair, Carolin Sommer, Jennifer Teege, published by The Experiment (April 15, 2015) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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