Belonging

 Belonging by Nora Krug, the study of a a young German looking into her family history and discovering her ancestral roots.

The description of the book intrigued me.  The idea of a young girl of German decent wondering what her family's role was during the Holocaust.  She talks to her parents who were children during WWII to try and find out what they knew about the war and their parents roles in the army during that time.  Interestingly her parents seem to know very little and it was not discussed with her grandparents at all.  Now Nora goes back and traces her history and meets long lost relatives to get answers to her questions. 

I was intrigued to read this book, because it would be fascinating to find out how Germans lived through the war and what weighs on their conscience now.   It seems that Nora has similar thoughts and questions.  Nora did not get answers but in the end found a peace with what she did find out.  

I did not find all the answers I was looking for in this book. I also found some of the graphics confusing. This is presented as a graphic novel  There were collage style artwork of family pictures and letters.  There were what seem to be  general German artifacts, pictures and postcards that were scattered through the book.