Book Launch: My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me by Jennifer Teege

Jennifer Teege will be giving a talk about her forthcoming book My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, soon to be published by Hodder & Stoughton. The book tells the compelling story of Jennifer, a mixed-race German woman with a family and a career in advertising who discovered a shocking truth about her family history. Jennifer had been adopted as a child, and at the age of 38, she noticed a red book on a library shelf by complete chance. In it she recognised her biological mother's photograph, leading to the discovery that her biological grandfather was in fact the infamous Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Goeth. This revelation turned her life upside-down, beginning a journey of self-discovery to Poland and to Israel, to pay homage to the people whose lives were taken or destroyed by her grandfather. Goeth had overseen the clearing of the Krakow ghetto in 1943 and the brutal regime of the Plaszow camp. He was chillingly portrayed by Ralph Fiennes in Stephen Spielberg's classic film Schindler's List. In 1946, after the end of the Second World War, he was found guilty of genocide and war crimes and was hanged.

Suitable for
18+
16-17

Admission
Admission is free, but booking is essential as space is limited.

Website
http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=187

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//am52233?id=EVENT519529