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My Grandfather's Knife (inbunden, eng)
A knife adorned with a swastika and an eagle’s head … As a young boy, Joseph Pearson was terrified of the weapon hanging from a hook i...
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A knife adorned with a swastika and an eagle’s head … As a young boy, Joseph Pearson was terrified of the weapon hanging from a hook in his grandfather’s basement, a trophy seized from the enemy in battle.
When he later inherited the knife, he unlocked a story far more unsettling than he could ever have imagined.
By then a writer and cultural historian living in Berlin, Joseph found himself drawn to other objects from the Nazi era: a pocket diary, a recipe book, a double bass and a cotton pouch. Although the past remains a painful subject in Germany, he embarked on a journey to illuminate their stories before they disappeared from living memory.
A historical detective story and an enthralling account of one historian’s search for answers, My Grandfather’s Knife is at once a poignant meditation on memory and a unique addition to our understanding of Nazi Germany.
Format | Inbunden |
Språk | Engelska |
Utgivningsdatum | 2022-04-07 |
ISBN | 9780750997393 |
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- Inbunden, Engelska, The History Press Ltd, 2022-04-07, 9780750997393
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Inbunden
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag The History Press Ltd
- Utgivningsdatum 2022-04-07
- ISBN 9780750997393