My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past

Now in paperback: The New York Times bestselling memoir hailed as “unforgettable” ( Publishers Weekly ) and “a stunning memoir of cultural trauma and personal identity” ( Booklist ). At age 38, Jennifer Teege happened to pluck a library book from the shelf—and discovered a horrifying fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler’s List . Reviled as the “butcher of Plaszów,” Goeth was executed in 1946. The more Teege learned about him, the more certain sh