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Helga Schneider
Birth date: November 17, 1937
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A Cat that Reads
A Cat that Reads rated it 10 years ago
I have a...strained relationship with my mother (that's being kind) and so, Holocaust history aside, this book hit me viscerally. I could see my own mother in Helga's--selfish, covert-aggressive, impossible to tell if she's being sincere or not, to the point where you don't even think she knows hers...
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 14 years ago
At times it was difficult to continue reading this book. I stayed with it because of the mother-daughter connection. It would be hard not to feel revulsion toward oneself, knowing you were spawned by such a despicable creature. It sickens me just to think I'm a member of the same species as Helga ...
Pierke
Pierke rated it 14 years ago
This is not a novel. It a memoir told without wasting words. Very moving and deeply troubling
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