{"product_id":"fatherland-a-memoir-of-war-conscience-and-family-secrets-paperback","title":"Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBurkhard Bilger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003estaff writer investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in \"a finely etched memoir with the powerful sweep of history\" (David Grann, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eKillers of the Flower Moon\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFatherland\u003c\/i\u003e maintains the momentum of the best mysteries and a commendable balance.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Unflinching and illuminating . . . Bilger's haunting memoir reminds us, the past is prologue to who we are, as well as who we choose to be.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne spring day in northeastern France, Burkhard Bilger's mother went to the town of Bartenheim, where her father was posted during the Second World War. As a historian, she had spent years studying the German occupation of France, yet she had never dared to investigate her own family's role in it. She knew only that her father was a schoolteacher who was sent to Bartenheim in 1940 and ordered to reeducate its children--to turn them into proper Germans, as Hitler demanded. Two years later, he became the town's Nazi Party chief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere was little left from her father's era by the time she visited. But on her way back to her car, she noticed an old man walking nearby. He looked about the same age her father would have been if he was still alive. She hurried over to introduce herself and told him her father's name, Karl Gönner. \"Do you happen to remember him?\" she said. The man stared at her, dumbstruck. \"Well, of course!\" he said. \"I saved his life, didn't I?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFatherland\u003c\/i\u003e is the story behind that story--the riveting account of Bilger's nearly ten-year quest to uncover the truth about his grandfather. Was he guilty or innocent, a war criminal or a man who risked his life to shield the villagers? Long admired for his profiles in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e Bilger brings the same open-hearted curiosity to his family history and the questions it raises: What do we owe the past? How can we make peace with it without perpetuating its wrongs?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurkhard Bilger\u003c\/b\u003e has been a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 2001. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, Harper's, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e among other publications, and has been anthologized ten times in the Best American series. Bilger has received fellowships from Yale University, MacDowell, and the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library. His first book, \u003ci\u003eNoodling for Flatheads, \u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the PEN\/Martha Albrand Award. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Jennifer Nelson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699232280672,"sku":"9780804173308","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/f1e0e3e02565ca76dee7b5f0ca4560fe.webp?v=1775836532","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/fatherland-a-memoir-of-war-conscience-and-family-secrets-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}