My grandfather's knife : and other stories of war and belongings
Pearson, Joseph (Historian)2022
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As a young boy, Joseph Pearson was terrified of the weapon hanging from a hook in his grandfather's basement, a trophy seized from the enemy in battle. When he later inherited the knife, he unlocked a story far more unsettling than he could ever have imagined. By then a writer and cultural historian living in Berlin, Joseph found himself drawn to other objects from the Nazi era: a pocket diary, a recipe book, a double bass and a cotton pouch. Although the past remains a painful subject in Germany, he embarked on a journey to illuminate their stories before they disappeared from living memory. Gradually, the original owners of all five objects come into view - a fresh-faced prairie boy, a star-crossed romantic, a capable young cook, a musician wounded at the front and a Holocaust survivor.
Main title:
My grandfather's knife : and other stories of war and belongings / Joseph Pearson.
Author:
Pearson, Joseph (Historian), author
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2022.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780750997393 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.5343075
LC class:
DD256.5
Local class:
940.534
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3100509