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Those Who Forget - One Family's Story; a Memoir, a History, a Warning

English · Paperback

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During the war, Geraldine Schwarz's grandparents were neither heroes nor villains - they just followed the current. Afterwards they wanted to forget, to bury it all under the wreckage of the Third Reich.But decades later, delving through the basement of their apartment building, Geraldine discovers that her grandfather Karl profited from the forced 'Aryanisation' of Jewish businesses - and so she is compelled to investigate her ancestors' past. On her mother's side, she delves into the role of her French grandfather, a policeman during the Vichy regime. How guilty were they?Combining generations of family stories with the history of Europe's post-war reckoning, Geraldine asks: how did Germans transform their collective guilt into democratic responsibility? And, given rising populism in Europe today, how can we ensure we learn from history?

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Authors Geraldine Schwarz, Géraldine Schwarz, Geraldine (Author) Schwarz
Assisted by Laura Marris (Translation)
Publisher Pushkin Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 01.04.2021
 
EAN 9781782275374
ISBN 978-1-78227-537-4
No. of pages 320
Dimensions 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
Non-fiction book

Memoirs, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs

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