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jenmangler's review against another edition
2.0
It was interesting to read about which children still revere their fathers and which have denounced them, and it seems to have quite a bit to do with how close they were to their fathers during childhood. I can't imagine having to reckon with a legacy like that.
txcoach25's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Questioning if one can love their father regardless of what they have done to others, Children of Nazis is an interesting book which gives a brief biography of the Nazi in each chapter, as well as the life of the child and their thoughts/feelings about their fathers. While some wish to distance themselves from their sire, others held nothing but love.
nanikeeva's review against another edition
3.0
not sure what i was expecting - a well-researched and no-nonsense account of children of Nazis and where they've ended up in life. writing could've been a bit more engaging?
mpmueller's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.0
Disjointed & not really about the children. Although many sources cited, still seems badly researched.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism, Xenophobia, War, Religious bigotry, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Genocide
alexblackreads's review against another edition
2.0
This book sounded fascinating to me because while I've read fiction books about high ranking Nazi children, I'd never read nonfiction about it. I was very eager to learn more. However, I quickly realized why there aren't more books like this. There just isn't much information.
There are eight chapters (one per child) in 200 pages (I'm not including the introduction, conclusion, or bibliography) which comes out to just 25 pages per child. That's not a lot of time to discuss their lives. And within those 25 pages, you also get a summary of their father's life and what he did during the war. There's barely any time actually focused on the children and what it was like for them.
And also, that information just doesn't exist. A lot of the children went on to live private lives, not talking about their fathers publicly for obvious reasons. A lot of them avoided the media. It's just hard to compile a book like this when there isn't available information and only one of the children was willing and available to speak to the author.
I feel like you probably could have googled these men and read the personal life section of their wikipedia page to get basically the same information. I did enjoy some of the information I learned, but their honestly wasn't enough of it to warrant a book in my opinion.
I found it really disappointing. I couldn't recommend this.
There are eight chapters (one per child) in 200 pages (I'm not including the introduction, conclusion, or bibliography) which comes out to just 25 pages per child. That's not a lot of time to discuss their lives. And within those 25 pages, you also get a summary of their father's life and what he did during the war. There's barely any time actually focused on the children and what it was like for them.
And also, that information just doesn't exist. A lot of the children went on to live private lives, not talking about their fathers publicly for obvious reasons. A lot of them avoided the media. It's just hard to compile a book like this when there isn't available information and only one of the children was willing and available to speak to the author.
I feel like you probably could have googled these men and read the personal life section of their wikipedia page to get basically the same information. I did enjoy some of the information I learned, but their honestly wasn't enough of it to warrant a book in my opinion.
I found it really disappointing. I couldn't recommend this.