![]() Growing up, she listened to talks given by American survivors, but would never have thought to discuss the concentration camps with her relatives. Even then, she could not bear to wave it.įor all her shame and self-scrutiny, Krug becomes aware that Germans confront their history selectively. Hitler’s speeches were analyzed in schools - “alliteration by alliteration, tautology by tautology, neologism by neologism,” Krug writes - to unpack how the German language was “potentially dangerous.” Krug grew up without knowing the words of her home country’s national anthem, and first touched a German flag as an adult living in America. Some Germans adopted the same habit of vigilance. ![]()
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