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Traces of My Father
Sigfrid Gauch
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Paperback. The autobiographical novel is Gauch's attempt to come to terms with his father, Herman Gauch - a physician who had joined the National Socialists in the 1920s, who wrote six books of "race research" as a member of the SS, and who to his dying day remained an unrepentant Nazi. Translator(s): Radice, William. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; BG; FA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
In 1979 Sigfrid Gauch published ""Vaterspuren (Traces of My Father)"", the first of the so-called ""father books"" about the relationships of postwar Germans with their parents. It inspired a new genre in German literature. Ever since, such writings have greatly contributed to Germany's ongoing struggles to overcome its past. The autobiographical novel is Gauch's attempt to come to terms with his father, Herman Gauch - a physician who had joined the National Socialists in the 1920s, who wrote six books of ""race research"" as a member of the SS, and who to his dying day remained an unrepentant Nazi. The ... Read more
In 1979 Sigfrid Gauch published ""Vaterspuren (Traces of My Father)"", the first of the so-called ""father books"" about the relationships of postwar Germans with their parents. It inspired a new genre in German literature. Ever since, such writings have greatly contributed to Germany's ongoing struggles to overcome its past. The autobiographical novel is Gauch's attempt to come to terms with his father, Herman Gauch - a physician who had joined the National Socialists in the 1920s, who wrote six books of ""race research"" as a member of the SS, and who to his dying day remained an unrepentant Nazi. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810118904
SKU
V9780810118904
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