“A literary feat of extraordinary courage. . . . An intimateglimpse into the heart of darkness. . . . Illuminating.”
—The Washington Times
“A clear-eyed portrait of a flawed man living in complex-andnightmarish-times.”
—Newsday
“In a time of bogus memoirs that, when exposed to air, crumblebefore Oprah"s baleful glare, My Father"s Country is the genuinearticle.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
“Fascinating. . . . For anyone interested in the German psychebetween the wars . . . [this] should be compelling reading.”
—Providence Journal
“A searing, painful inquiry.... Riveting andheartbreaking.”
—Booklist
In this gripping memoir, the daughter of a man who conspiredto assassinate Hitler tells the story of three generations of herfamily and offers unparalleled insight into the German experiencein the last century.
On August 15, 1944, Major Hans Georg Klamroth was tried fortreason for his part in the July Plot to kill Hitler. Eleven dayslater, he was executed. His youngest daughter, Wibke Bruhns, wassix years old. Decades later, watching a documentary about theevents of July 20, she saw images of her father in court suddenlyappear on-screen. “I stare at this man with the empty face. I don"tknow him. But I can see myself in him.” How could her familysuccumb to Nazi sympathies? And what made her father finallyrenounce Hitler?
Wibke Bruhns was born in 1938 in Halberstadt. She has workedas a journalist in both TV and print and as a TV presenter and newsreader. She worked as a correspondent for Stern magazine in theUnited States and Israel and headed the culture section at one ofGermany’s largest television stations, ORB. She has two growndaughters and now lives and works as a freelance writer inBerlin.
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