My Father's Country: The Story of a German Family - Softcover

"A literary feat of extraordinary courage. . . . An intimate glimpse into the heart of darkness. . . . Illuminating." --The Washington Times"A clear-eyed portrait of a flawed man living in complex-and nightmarish-times." --Newsday"In a time of bogus memoirs that, when exposed to air, crumble before Oprah's baleful glare, My Father's Country is the genuine article." --Chicago Sun-Times"Fascinating. . . . For anyone interested in the German psyche between the wars . . . [this] should be compelling reading." --Providence Journal "A searing, painful inquiry.... Riveting and heartbreaking."--Booklist

In this gripping memoir, the daughter of a man who conspired to assassinate Hitler tells the story of three generations of her family and offers unparalleled insight into the German experience in the last century.

On August 15, 1944, Major Hans Georg Klamroth was tried for treason for his part in the July Plot to kill Hitler. Eleven days later, he was executed. His youngest daughter, Wibke Bruhns, was six years old. Decades later, watching a documentary about the events of July 20, she saw images of her father in court suddenly appear on-screen. “I stare at this man with the empty face. I don't know him. But I can see myself in him.” How could her family succumb to Nazi sympathies? And what made her father finally renounce Hitler?