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My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me
Title Orig:Amon: Mein Großvater hätte mich erschossen
Author:Jennifer Teege with Nikola Sellmair
Translator:Carolin Sommer
Illustrator:Thorsten Wulff
Publisher:Rowohlt
Pub Date:2013
Isbn:1615192530
Oclc:881665500

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past (German release title: Amon. Mein Großvater hätte mich erschossen) is a memoir by German writer Jennifer Teege. It covers her discovery that her grandfather was Amon Göth, nicknamed the "Butcher of Płaszów" and infamously depicted in Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List.[1] Teege was adopted and learned about her family history after reading a biography of her biological mother, .[2] [3] [4]

The book was published in the United Kingdom and United States on 14 April 2015 through The Experiment publishing and was co-written by Nikola Sellmair.[5] [6] [7] The work details Teege's discovery of her ancestry and her attempts to come to terms with this revelation. Teege decides to research her family and travels to Israel and Kraków. Through this she also tries to reconnect with her estranged biological mother.

Reception

Critical reception for the book has been positive and My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me has received praise from the Seattle Times, Washington Post, and The Sunday Times.[8] [9] [10] The Jewish Book Council and the News Tribune also praised the book, with the News Tribune stating that it resonated with them "because it demonstrates that we are a product of our past, but we don't have to be bound by it. Ultimately, it is up to us to understand we cannot change the past, but it is we who are in charge of our future."[11] [12] In contrast, Maclean's panned the work, stating that it was a "dull affair" and "brings new and unintended meaning to the banality of evil".[13]

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Notes and References

  1. News: My Nazi grandfather, Amon Goeth, would have shot me. 17 September 2015. BBC. 3 October 2013.
  2. News: Don Snyder. My Nazi Grandfather Would Have Shot Me. 17 September 2015. NBC News. March 5, 2014.
  3. Web site: How an Author Is Coping with the Discovery That Her Grandpa Was a Nazi . . 17 September 2015.
  4. Web site: What's It Like To Be Black And Have A Famous Nazi Grandfather?. NPR. 11 February 2015. 19 September 2015.
  5. Web site: MacGabhann. Frank. My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, by Jennifer Teege (review). Irish Times. 18 July 2015. 19 September 2015.
  6. Web site: My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past (review). Publishers Weekly. 30 March 2015. 19 September 2015.
  7. Web site: MY GRANDFATHER WOULD HAVE SHOT ME (review). AudioFile Magazine. 19 September 2015.
  8. Web site: Beason. Tyrone. ‘My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me’: a Nazi in the family. Seattle Times. 19 September 2015.
  9. News: When the skeleton in the family closet is a Nazi. The Washington Post. 5 June 2015. 17 September 2015. 0190-8286. en. Deesha. Philyaw.
  10. Web site: Jennifer Teege: My Nazi grandfather would have shot me . https://web.archive.org/web/20150528080153/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/features/article1542371.ece. dead. May 28, 2015. Margarette Driscoll. The Sunday Times . 12 April 2015. 17 September 2015.
  11. Web site: Kantor. Becca. My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past (review). Jewish Book Council. 19 September 2015.
  12. Web site: Shute. Kim. Book Review: 'My Grandfather Would have Shot Me' Fascinating story teaches powerful life lesson. News Tribune. 21 July 2015 . 19 September 2015.
  13. Web site: Teitel. Emma. My grandfather would have shot me: Book review. Maclean's. 23 April 2015. 19 September 2015.

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