Read for a class, not my usual thing. It was good. Could get a bit overstated. But full of relevant messages for this day+age!!

I wanted to like the book but the writing was a bit dry, hardly engaging enough.
The memoir was about the author's German grandfather and the author's quest to find out if his grandfather was one of those cold and ruthless Nazi.

While the author stayed with the facts and sounded neutral, but the memoir was more a reconstruction of who his grandfather was based on his research and interviews with those who knew his grandfather. It is Not a firsthand and personal retelling of the war story. The writing about the war was interesting otherwise it was just an OK read. 3.5 stars rounded down to 3.

It’s really hard to rate this one. It’s fantastically written, but there’s no such thing as a good Nazi. There just isn’t. The go along to get along idea was exactly the problem. Not enough people stood up in time to say no, this is wrong.

An honest and interesting biography of the author’s grandfather, a German man who found himself participating in two world wars (on the losing side). A deep background that humanizes a Nazi and looks deeply into what war meant for low level party members and for the families at home.

What would you do if you discovered that your grandfather was a Nazi? The author had a distant relationship with his grandfather and set out to learn about his history with the nazi party. This was an interesting book covering his extensive research where he discovered that his grandfather could have been considered a good nazi (if that is even possible). It's very disturbing reading this book as the right wing nutjobs are becoming braver and marching through the streets. History repeats itself but I can't imagine going through something like this.