My grandfather would have shot me: a Black woman discovers her family's Nazi past
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The New York Times bestselling memoir hailed as 'haunting and unflinching' (Washington Post), 'unforgettable' (Publishers Weekly), and 'stunning' (Booklist).
When Jennifer Teege, a German-Nigerian woman, happened to pluck a library book from the shelf, she had no idea that her life would be irrevocably altered. Recognizing photos of her mother and grandmother in the book, she discovers a horrifying fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant chillingly depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List'a man known and reviled the world over.
Although raised in an orphanage and eventually adopted, Teege had some contact with her biological mother and grandmother as a child. Yet neither revealed that Teege's grandfather was the Nazi 'butcher of Plaszów," executed for crimes against humanity in 1946. The more Teege reads about Amon Goeth, the more certain she becomes: If her grandfather had met her'a black woman'he would have killed her.
Teege's discovery sends her, at age 38, into a severe depression'and on a quest to unearth and fully comprehend her family's haunted history. Her research takes her to Krakow'to the sites of the Jewish ghetto her grandfather 'cleared' in 1943 and the Plaszów concentration camp he then commanded'and back to Israel, where she herself once attended college, learned fluent Hebrew, and formed lasting friendships. Teege struggles to reconnect with her estranged mother Monika, and to accept that her beloved grandmother once lived in luxury as Amon Goeth's mistress at Plaszów.
Teege's story is cowritten by award-winning journalist Nikola Sellmair, who also contributes a second, interwoven narrative that draws on original interviews with Teege's family and friends and adds historical context. Ultimately, Teege's resolute search for the truth leads her, step by step, to the possibility of her own liberation.
When Jennifer Teege, a German-Nigerian woman, happened to pluck a library book from the shelf, she had no idea that her life would be irrevocably altered. Recognizing photos of her mother and grandmother in the book, she discovers a horrifying fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant chillingly depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List'a man known and reviled the world over.
Although raised in an orphanage and eventually adopted, Teege had some contact with her biological mother and grandmother as a child. Yet neither revealed that Teege's grandfather was the Nazi 'butcher of Plaszów," executed for crimes against humanity in 1946. The more Teege reads about Amon Goeth, the more certain she becomes: If her grandfather had met her'a black woman'he would have killed her.
Teege's discovery sends her, at age 38, into a severe depression'and on a quest to unearth and fully comprehend her family's haunted history. Her research takes her to Krakow'to the sites of the Jewish ghetto her grandfather 'cleared' in 1943 and the Plaszów concentration camp he then commanded'and back to Israel, where she herself once attended college, learned fluent Hebrew, and formed lasting friendships. Teege struggles to reconnect with her estranged mother Monika, and to accept that her beloved grandmother once lived in luxury as Amon Goeth's mistress at Plaszów.
Teege's story is cowritten by award-winning journalist Nikola Sellmair, who also contributes a second, interwoven narrative that draws on original interviews with Teege's family and friends and adds historical context. Ultimately, Teege's resolute search for the truth leads her, step by step, to the possibility of her own liberation.
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Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Concentration camp commandants
Concentration camp commandants -- Family relationships
Downloadable audio books
Electronic books
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Family
Family relationships
Genealogy & Heraldry
Germany
Go?th, Amon
Go?th, Amon, -- 1908-1946
Go?th, Amon, -- 1908-1946 -- Family
Göth, Amon
Göth, Amon, -- 1908-1946 -- Family
Grandchildren of war criminals
Grandchildren of war criminals -- Germany -- Biography
Göth, Amon
Göth, Amon, -- 1908-1946 -- Family
History
HISTORY / Holocaust
Homes
Homes and haunts
Israel
Nazis
Nazis -- Family relationships
Nonfiction
P?aszo?w (Concentration camp)
Personal Memoirs
Poland
Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Racially mixed people
Racially mixed people -- Germany -- Biography
REFERENCE
REFERENCE -- Genealogy & Heraldry
Teege, Jennifer
Teege, Jennifer, -- 1970-
Teege, Jennifer, -- 1970- -- Family
Teege, Jennifer, -- 1970- -- Homes and haunts -- Israel
Teege, Jennifer, -- 1970- -- Travel -- Poland
Travel
Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
Concentration camp commandants
Concentration camp commandants -- Family relationships
Downloadable audio books
Electronic books
Families
Family
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Genealogy & Heraldry
Germany
Go?th, Amon
Go?th, Amon, -- 1908-1946
Go?th, Amon, -- 1908-1946 -- Family
Göth, Amon
Göth, Amon, -- 1908-1946 -- Family
Grandchildren of war criminals
Grandchildren of war criminals -- Germany -- Biography
Göth, Amon
Göth, Amon, -- 1908-1946 -- Family
History
HISTORY / Holocaust
Homes
Homes and haunts
Israel
Nazis
Nazis -- Family relationships
Nonfiction
P?aszo?w (Concentration camp)
Personal Memoirs
Poland
Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Płaszów (Concentration camp)
Racially mixed people
Racially mixed people -- Germany -- Biography
REFERENCE
REFERENCE -- Genealogy & Heraldry
Teege, Jennifer
Teege, Jennifer, -- 1970-
Teege, Jennifer, -- 1970- -- Family
Teege, Jennifer, -- 1970- -- Homes and haunts -- Israel
Teege, Jennifer, -- 1970- -- Travel -- Poland
Travel
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