Jennifer Teege
| Jennifer Teege | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 29, 1970 Munich |
| Nationality | German |
| Ethnicity | Nigerian-German |
| Education | Sorbonne |
| Genre | memoir |
Jennifer Teege (born 1970, Munich) is a German writer. Her grandfather is Amon Göth. Her book, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me was a New York Times bestseller.
Life
Teege, who was born Jennifer Göth to a Nigerian father and a German mother, grew up in foster care.[1] She was adopted at the age of seven.[2] Her grandmother was Ruth Irene Göth.[3] Teege studied at the Sorbonne, and learned Hebrew in Israel.[4]
She found out about her family history, by reading her mother's biography in the Hamburg library.[5][6]
Works
- Jennifer Teege; Nikola Sellmair (15 April 2015). My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-1-61519-253-3.[7][8][9][10]
References
- ↑ "My Nazi grandfather, Amon Göth, would have shot me". BBC. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "Jennifer Teege Holocaust Remembrance Day Program". Sixth & I. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ Jennifer Teege (April 7, 2015). My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me. Workman Publishing. pp. 8–9. ISBN 1615192549. Retrieved 23 October 2015 – via Google Books preview.
- ↑ "Jennifer Teege, Granddaughter of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth". Deutsche Welle. 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ Don Snyder (5 March 2014). "My Nazi Grandfather Would Have Shot Me". NBC News. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ "How an Author Is Coping with the Discovery That Her Grandpa Was a Nazi". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ "'My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me': a Nazi in the family". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ Philyaw, Deesha (2015-06-05). "When the skeleton in the family closet is a Nazi". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ "What's It Like To Be Black And Have A Famous Nazi Grandfather?". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ "Jennifer Teege: My Nazi grandfather would have shot me | The Sunday Times". www.thesundaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
External links
- Neo-Griot interview with Jennifer Teege, author of ‘My grandfather would have shot me’.
- Q&A with Jennifer Teege (August 12, 2015), Jennifer Teege talked about her book.
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