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My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me

a Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past
Oct 15, 2015tedrich2921 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a fascinating read. Jennifer Teege struggles most of her life with the fact that her mother left her in an orphanage to be adopted. Then she randomly finds a book written about her mother that tells the story of how her grandfather was a sadistic Nazi concentration camp commandant. She also struggles with the fact that her beloved biological grandmother turned a blind eye on her grandfather. All of this was a family secret. Since Jennifer's biological father was black, she understands that she would have been killed by her own grandfather, if she had been alive during WWII. Ironically Jennifer has close Israeli Jewish friends that she has forged well before she knew the secret of her grandfather. No wonder she is depressed! However, the book itself is not at all depressing. This is quite a story and one well worth reading.