"New York Times Bestseller
2015 INDIEFAB Honorable Mention for Autobiography & Memoir
"Jennifer Teeges new memoir traces the pain of discovering her grandfather was the real-life Nazi butcher from Schindlers List." -- People magazine "Haunting and unflinching . . . . A memoir, an adoption story and a geopolitical history lesson, all blended seamlessly into an account of Teeges exploration of her roots." -- Washington Post "A stunning memoir of cultural trauma and personal identity." -- Booklist, starred review "Unforgettable. . . . Teeges quest to discover her personal history is empowering." -- Publishers Weekly "An important addition to narratives written by descendants of war criminals. A gripping read, highly recommended for anyone interested in history, memoirs, and biography." -- Library Journal, starred review "[ A] journey of self-discovery." -- Metro US "[ An] amazing story of horror and reconciliation and love." -- John Mutter, Shelf Awareness "[ Jennifer Teeges] memoir has much to teach us about the ordinary, intimate conditions in which political violenceand the reckoning that followstake place." -- Michael Rothberg, Public Books "The high quality of the writing helps to convey this incredible but amazingly true story." -- Association of Jewish Libraries "This book is not for the faint of heart, but it is fascinating and fair. There are no easy answers to the issues raised in this book, but they exist for both groups of descendants. Readers will be challenged to think about a major event in world history from a perspective that is rare but surely significant." -- Gerhard L. Weinberg, History Book Club "A powerful account of Teeges struggle for resolution and redemption, the book [ is] itself a therapeutic working-through of her history, as well as a meditation on family." -- The Independent (UK) "Courageous. . . . the memoir invites rereading to fully absorb Teeges painful search for answers, for a sense of identity and belonging and for inner peace. Readers wont help but feel for her. Teege discovers, however, that historys shattering truths have the potential to make us more whole." -- Seattle Times "[ Teeges] message is an important onethat we have the power to decide who we are." -- Seattle Weekly "In honest, direct, and absorbing prose, Teege and coauthor Nikola Sellmair confront highly personal repercussions of the Holocaust. . . . The books real triumph is in its nuanced, universally appealing portrait of an individual searching for her place in the world. Just as Teeges chance encounter with a library book led her to question the fundamental assumptions of her life, so too the reader. . . will be forced to reconsider the wide-ranging impact of past injustices on present-day relationships." -- The Jewish Book Council "A discomfiting but clear-eyed journey of self-discovery and identity reconciliation that first-time author Teege relates with admirable straightforwardness and equanimity." -- In These Times
