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von Poop · 21-04-2008, 10:23 AM

My Father's Keeper: Children of Nazi Leaders, An Intimate History of Damage and Denial. - Stephan Lebert.

Odd & slim book, more of an essay based on interviews his father did with the subjects in 1959 & follow-ups to those interviews in the last years of the 20th century. An almost prurient glimpse into the minds of people who's fathers were monsters, with much reflection on Germany's modern state of mind regarding the Nazis.
The book's something of a mirror of itself as the very fascination of finding more on Wolf-Rudiger Hess & Gudrun Himmler's bitterness, Nicklaus Frank's Hatred, Martin Bormann Jr's work as a priest/missionary & Edda Goering's apparently still respected position in a way just adds to the burden these people carry.
Worth a shufti, if only for an afternoon's read & some interesting anecdotes.

Cheers,
Adam

21-04-2008, 10:23 AM	#624 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,743	My Father's Keeper: Children of Nazi Leaders, An Intimate History of Damage and Denial. - Stephan Lebert. Odd & slim book, more of an essay based on interviews his father did with the subjects in 1959 & follow-ups to those interviews in the last years of the 20th century. An almost prurient glimpse into the minds of people who's fathers were monsters, with much reflection on Germany's modern state of mind regarding the Nazis. The book's something of a mirror of itself as the very fascination of finding more on Wolf-Rudiger Hess & Gudrun Himmler's bitterness, Nicklaus Frank's Hatred, Martin Bormann Jr's work as a priest/missionary & Edda Goering's apparently still respected position in a way just adds to the burden these people carry. Worth a shufti, if only for an afternoon's read & some interesting anecdotes. Cheers, Adam __________________ It's only the Internet.