My Father's CountryIn this gripping memoir, the daughter of a man who conspired to assassinate Hitler tells the story of three generations of her family and offers unparalleled insight into the German experience in the last century. On August 15, 1944, Major Hans Georg Klamroth was tried for treason for his part in the July Plot to kill Hitler. Eleven days later, he was executed. His youngest daughter, Wibke Bruhns, was six years old. Decades later, watching a documentary about the events of July 20, she saw images of her father in court suddenly appear on-screen. “I stare at this man with the empty face. I don't know him. But I can see myself in him.” How could her family succumb to Nazi sympathies? And what made her father finally renounce Hitler? |
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... peaceful jumble of nationalities and religions , the deafen- ing noise in the markets , and the possessive attention of complete strangers . I battled with the authorities over our move , I fought for my accreditation , and spent hours ...
... peaceful jumble of nationalities and religions , the deafen- ing noise in the markets , and the possessive attention of complete strangers . I battled with the authorities over our move , I fought for my accreditation , and spent hours ...
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... peace of God , You dearest little soul . Anna was profoundly religious , yet despite her grief over her dead sons and her own serious illnesses , she was a very cheerful woman . She wrote enchanting children's stories in her picturesque ...
... peace of God , You dearest little soul . Anna was profoundly religious , yet despite her grief over her dead sons and her own serious illnesses , she was a very cheerful woman . She wrote enchanting children's stories in her picturesque ...
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... Peace , " deposed by Wilhelm II . Husband and wife had celebrated the foundation of the Reich in 1871 ; when the victorious troops returned , the euphoria in Halberstadt was uncontainable , too . Anna's lines on the welcoming of the ...
... Peace , " deposed by Wilhelm II . Husband and wife had celebrated the foundation of the Reich in 1871 ; when the victorious troops returned , the euphoria in Halberstadt was uncontainable , too . Anna's lines on the welcoming of the ...
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