Last month we discussed a memoir by author Jennifer Teege. It was a unique book, one members of the group had been discussing for a while, which prompted me to choose it. Jennifer, an adopted, half German, half Nigerian woman, discovers when she is in her late thirties she is the biological granddaughter of a Nazi. Not just any Nazi, but Amon Goeth, the commandant of Plazstow concentration camp, a ruthless, horrific man. He is portrayed in the movie Schindler's List by Ralph Fiennes. Jennifer Teege's whole life changes at that point, everything she thought she knew, about herself, her biological family...it is all changed when she walks into her local library and notices a book, her own mother's memoir, and sees the truth that has been denied to her whole life. This book brought forth a fascinating discussion, but still left a lot of questions unanswered. One of the members who was unable to make it, brought up a parallel to another book we had read; Defending Jacob by William Landay, and the question of nature vs. nature. Do we inherit an evil gene if there is evil in our bloodline? How do we escape that? I highly recommend this book.
Attached is a recent article by CNN on Jennifer Teege:___
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Attached is a recent article by CNN on Jennifer Teege:___
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