Aw: [Cz-L] By gun and by knife.

Dear Hardy,

the books you are asking for, exist. They are rare exceptions, but they have been writen. To remain silent was the standard in post-war Germany. "Opa war kein Nazi" (Grandpa was not a Nazi) was the title of a scientific study on family memories a few years ago. The title is very self speaking.

Concerning the books, I would recommend this:

Schweigen die Täter reden die Enkel (If the perpetrators remain silent, the grandsons speak) by Claudia Brunner and Uwe von Seltmann
        
Die Brüder Himmler: Eine deutsche Familiengeschichte (The Himmler Brothers, a German Family History) by Katrin Himmler

Der Schatten meines Vaters (The Shadow of my Father) by Richard von Schirach

Schweigen tut weh: Eine deutsche Familiengeschichte (Silence Hurts, a German Family History) by Alexandra Senfft

Am Beispiel meines Bruders (Using the example of my brother) by Uwe Timm

Concerning Serah's point, if there was justice: No, there was none. Only a very small number of perpetrators were imprisoned or ended at the gallows of the Allies. The most had a normal life, a pension or even did built a career on their past.

I remember my biology teacher in school, who praised - without any need - the "achievements" of nazi experiments on prisoners in concentration camps. He was a young man, born after the war. Why did he? Because his professor at the university was able to build a career after the war on the base of the data of his own experiments. When critical questions about the origin of the data came up, some students felt solidarity with the professor.

I remember a school mate who studied medicine later. Once she took me to the exhibition of medical preparations in the university of Cologne. I saw a longitudinal section throug a pregnat woman. I asked her where this exhibits came from. She said they were from political prisoners who were executed during the nazi dictatorship in the city jail. Years later I read in the newspaper that this human remains were buried. A very late justice.

Christian

Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. März 2013 um 14:08 Uhr
Von: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
An: CZERNOWITZ-L <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Betreff: [Cz-L] By gun and by knife.

We, the survivors deal with our genealogy.
Our terrible history.
How we lived , how we died , where our graves are,
bones that should be disposed of.
Graves never to be found.
What about the killers ?
Don't they deserve some genealogy too ?
Were they Germans, Ukrainean neighbors ?
Dont they have offsprings ?
Children , grandchildren or were they all unmarried ?
Don't these write books ?
" Mein Opa , der Messerstecher" could be a title.
Must only we research our past ?

Hardy

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