Bibliograph

Api's Berlin diaries, my quest to understand my grandfather's Nazi past, Gabrielle Robinson

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Api's Berlin diaries, my quest to understand my grandfather's Nazi past, Gabrielle Robinson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Api's Berlin diaries

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Gabrielle Robinson

Sub title

my quest to understand my grandfather's Nazi past

Summary

After her mother's death, Gabrielle Robinson found two diaries her grandfather had kept while serving as doctor during the fall of Berlin 1945. He recorded his daily struggle to survive in the ruined city where little could be done for the wounded without water, light, and medications. But then the diaries revealed something that hit Robinson like a punch to the gut: Api, her beloved grandfather, had been a Nazi. Robinson juxtaposes her grandfather's harrowing account with her memories of his loving protection after the war and raises disturbing questions about the political responsibility we all carry as individuals. Moving and provocative, Api's Berlin Diaries offers a firsthand and personal perspective on the far-reaching aftershocks of the Third Reich

Target audience

adult

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