My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me (gnv64)

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past
By Jennifer Teege, Nikola Sellmair
The Experiment | April 2016 | ISBN-10: 1615193081 | 240 Pages | True PDF | 27.9 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Grandfather-Would-Have-Shot-Discovers/dp/1615193081

At age 38, Jennifer Teege happened to pluck a library book from the shelf—and discovered a horrifying fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler’s List. Reviled as the “butcher of Plaszów,” Goeth was executed in 1946. The more Teege learned about him, the more certain she became: If her grandfather had met her—a black woman—he would have killed her.
Teege’s discovery sends her into a severe depression—and fills her with questions: Why did her birth mother withhold this chilling secret? How could her grandmother have loved a mass murderer? Can evil be inherited?
Teege’s story is cowritten by Nikola Sellmair, who also adds historical context and insight from Teege’s family and friends, in an interwoven narrative. Ultimately, Teege’s search for the truth leads her, step by step, to the possibility of her own liberation.

About the Authors
Jennifer Teege worked in advertising for 16 years before becoming an author. For four years in her twenties she lived in Israel, where she became fluent in Hebrew. She graduated from Tel Aviv University with a degree in Middle Eastern and African studies. Teege lives in Germany with her husband and two sons. A New York Times and international bestseller, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me is her first book.
Nikola Sellmair graduated from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and has worked in Hong Kong, Washington, DC, Israel, and Palestine. She has been a reporter in Hamburg at Germany’s Stern magazine since 2000. Her work has received many awards, including the German-Polish Journalist Award, for the first-ever article about Jennifer Teege’s singular story.

CONTENTS
PROLOGUE The Discovery 1
CHAPTER 1 Me, Granddaughter of a Mass Murderer 5
CHAPTER 2 Master of the Plaszów Concentration Camp: My Grandfather Amon Goeth 23
CHAPTER 3 The Commandant’s Mistress: My Grandmother Ruth Irene Kalder 59
CHAPTER 4 Living with the Dead: My Mother Monika Goeth 97
CHAPTER 5 Grandchildren of the Victims: My Friends in Israel 155
CHAPTER 6 Flowers in Krakow 199
FURTHER RESOURCES Books, Films, and Online 217
READER’S GUIDE 222
INTERVIEW WITH JENNIFER TEEGE 225
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 230