My father's country : the story of a German family
TitleMy father's country : the story of a German family
Call number943.086092/0051
Object number09895
Place of publicationLondon, England
PublisherWilliam Heinemann
Year of publication
2008
Physical description345pg.
MaterialBook
ISBN9780434013326
Description
In this memoir, the daughter of a man who conspired to assassinate Hitler tells the story of three generations of her family and offers insights 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?