A father, a perpetrator, a son: Autobiographical thoughts on mystery and curiosity

Authors

Thomas Kühne, Clark UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

Autobiographical thoughts on growing up in West Germany the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, in the shadow of the Holocaust, in remote distance to a Holocaust perpetrator (Alfred Rapp, SS Sonderkommando 7a) and less distance to Altnazis, or eternal Nazis.

Publication Title

On Being Adjacent to Historical Violence

Publication Date

12-6-2021

First Page

340

Last Page

360

ISBN

9783110753295

DOI

10.1515/9783110753295-023

Keywords

historical violence, Nazism, Hohenasperg, Alfred Rapp, Germany, autobiography

Repository Citation

Kühne, Thomas, "A father, a perpetrator, a son: Autobiographical thoughts on mystery and curiosity" (2021). History. 61.
https://commons.clarku.edu/historyfac/61