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Those who forget : my family's story in Nazi Europe--a memoir, a history, a warning. / Géraldine Schwarz ; translated from the French by Laura Marris.
"Those Who Forget, published to international awards and acclaim, is journalist Géraldine Schwarz's riveting account of her German and French grandparents' lives during World War II, an in-depth history of Europe's post-war reckoning with fascism, and an urgent appeal to remember as a defense against today's rise of far-right nationalism"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781501199080 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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- Baker & Taylor
A book published to international awards and acclaim offers an account of the author's German and French grandparentsâ lives during World War II, an in-depth history of Europeâs post-war reckoning with fascism, and an urgent appeal to remember as a defense against todayâs rise of far-right nationalism. 75,0000 first printing. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"Those Who Forget, published to international awards and acclaim, is journalist Gâeraldine Schwarz's riveting account of her German and French grandparents' lives during World War II, an in-depth history of Europe's post-war reckoning with fascism, and an urgent appeal to remember as a defense against today's rise of far-right nationalism"-- - Simon and Schuster
â[Makes] the very convincing case that, until and unless there is a full accounting for what happened with Donald Trump, 2020 is not over and never will be.â âThe New Yorker
âRivetingâ¦we can never be reminded too often to never forget.â âThe Wall Street Journal
Journalist Géraldine Schwarzâs astonishing memoir of her German and French grandparentsâ lives during World War II âalso serves as a perceptive look at the current rise of far-right nationalism throughout Europe and the USâ (Publishers Weekly).
During World War II, Géraldine Schwarzâs German grandparents were neither heroes nor villains; they were merely Mitlaüferâthose who followed the current. Once the war ended, they wanted to bury the past under the wreckage of the Third Reich.
Decades later, while delving through filing cabinets in the basement of their apartment building in Mannheim, Schwarz discovers that in 1938, her paternal grandfather Karl took advantage of Nazi policies to buy a business from a Jewish family for a low price. She finds letters from the only survivor of this family (all the others perished in Auschwitz), demanding reparations. But Karl Schwarz refused to acknowledge his responsibility. Géraldine starts to question the past: How guilty were her grandparents? What makes us complicit? On her motherâs side, she investigates the role of her French grandfather, a policeman in Vichy.
Weaving together the threads of three generations of her family story with Europeâs process of post-war reckoning, Schwarz explores how millions were seduced by ideology, overcome by a fog of denial after the war, and, in Germany at least, eventually managed to transform collective guilt into democratic responsibility. She asks: How can nations learn from history? And she observes that countries that avoid confronting the past are especially vulnerable to extremism. Searing and unforgettable, Those Who Forget âdeserves to be read and discussed widely...this is Schwarzâs invaluable warningâ (The Washington Post Book Review).
