Nazikinder

jacobtowne · 30-12-2006, 02:41 PM

"In the autumn of 1947 she travelled to Bielefeld and applied for admission to the town's fashion and design school.
'What's you name?'
'Gudrun Himmler.'
'Your father's profession?'
'My father was the Reichsführer-SS...' "

That's an excerpt from another gem I discovered at the local library, My Father's Keeper by Stephan and Norbert Lebert, original title Du Denn Trägst Meinen Namen.

In 1959, German journalist Norbert Lebert conducted interviews with sons and daughters of several prominent Nazis. Forty years later, his son Stephen set out to contact these same people to discover what had become of them, and how their lives had progressed. His book juxtaposes the two sets of interviews.

This is a fascinating and informative work about what it is like to go through life with the name Wolf-Rüdiger Hess, Edda Göring, Niklas Frank, Martin Borman Jr., Gudrun Himmler, or Robert von Schirach.

JT

Kiwiwriter · 03-01-2007, 11:17 PM

Fascinating work...interesting to compare Frank's son, who hates his Nazi dad, with Hess's son, who worships him.

Gotthard Heinrici · 01-02-2008, 05:05 PM

Agreed. I've read it too and its a good read.

Trincomalee · 03-02-2008, 02:33 PM

I've seen Martin Bormann jr. on several documentaries .
One of these set up an encounter for children of Nazi officials and children of Holocaust survivors . It was very moving.
Linden

30-12-2006, 02:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
jacobtowne Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New England, U.S.A. Posts: 618	Nazikinder "In the autumn of 1947 she travelled to Bielefeld and applied for admission to the town's fashion and design school. 'What's you name?' 'Gudrun Himmler.' 'Your father's profession?' 'My father was the Reichsführer-SS...' " That's an excerpt from another gem I discovered at the local library, My Father's Keeper by Stephan and Norbert Lebert, original title Du Denn Trägst Meinen Namen. In 1959, German journalist Norbert Lebert conducted interviews with sons and daughters of several prominent Nazis. Forty years later, his son Stephen set out to contact these same people to discover what had become of them, and how their lives had progressed. His book juxtaposes the two sets of interviews. This is a fascinating and informative work about what it is like to go through life with the name Wolf-Rüdiger Hess, Edda Göring, Niklas Frank, Martin Borman Jr., Gudrun Himmler, or Robert von Schirach. JT

03-01-2007, 11:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,443	Got the book.... Fascinating work...interesting to compare Frank's son, who hates his Nazi dad, with Hess's son, who worships him. __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

01-02-2008, 05:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,660	Agreed. I've read it too and its a good read. __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

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03-02-2008, 02:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Trincomalee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 166	I've seen Martin Bormann jr. on several documentaries . One of these set up an encounter for children of Nazi officials and children of Holocaust survivors . It was very moving. Linden

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