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Loading... Children of Nazis: The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others― Living with a Father's Monstrous Legacy (edition 2019)by Tania Crasnianski (Author)
Work InformationEnfants de nazis by Tania Crasnianski
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I have always had a tendency to muddle my Goebbels with my Höss so this book was useful in helping me sort that out. But obviously that is not the point. The author does a great job of trying to understand these children of war criminals and how it influenced their lives while giving not an inch for the atrocities carried out by their parents. Reactions varied from complete denial to sterilisation to ensure the murder genes were not passed on. Perhaps the most heartwarming was the son who became an architect like his father but earned a name for his forward thinking, people centred cities. ( ) no reviews | add a review
The Fascinating Story of Eight Children of Third Reich Leaders and their Journey from Descendants of Heroes to Descendants of Criminals In 1940, the German sons and daughters of great Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Göring, Hess, Frank, Bormann, Speer, and Mengele were children of privilege at four, five, or ten years old, surrounded by affectionate, all-powerful parents. Although innocent and unaware of what was happening at the time, they eventually discovered the extent of their father's occupations: These men--their fathers who were capable of loving their children and receiving love in return--were leaders of the Third Reich, and would later be convicted as monstrous war criminals. For these children, the German defeat was an earth-shattering source of family rupture, the end of opulence, and the jarring discovery of Hitler's atrocities. How did the offspring of these leaders deal with the aftermath of the war and the skeletons that would haunt them forever? Some chose to disown their past. Others did not. Some condemned their fathers; others worshiped them unconditionally to the end. In this enlightening book, Tania Crasnianski examines the responsibility of eight descendants of Nazi notables, caught somewhere between stigmatization, worship, and amnesia. By tracing the unique experiences of these children, she probes at the relationship between them and their fathers and examines the idea of how responsibility for the fault is continually borne by the descendants. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)943.086092History and Geography Europe Germany and central Europe Historical periods of Germany Germany 1866- Third Reich 1933-1945 History, geographic treatment, biography Biographies, Diaries And JournalsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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