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The glassmaker's son, looking for the world my father left behind in Nazi Germany, Peter Kupfer

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The glassmaker's son, looking for the world my father left behind in Nazi Germany, Peter Kupfer

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250)

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The glassmaker's son

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1357054807

Responsibility statement

Peter Kupfer

Sub title

looking for the world my father left behind in Nazi Germany

Summary

"A blend of lyrical memoir and sober history, The Glassmaker's Son recounts a son's decades-long quest to uncover the world his father left behind in Nazi Germany. Along the way, he makes a series of surprising discoveries about his family, who were important players in the Bavarian glassmaking industry. After his grandfather was forced to sell the family villa, for instance, the Nazis turned it into their regional headquarters before it was destroyed by American artillery in the closing days of the war. In another twist, the author recovers a pair of lost portraits of his great-grandparents that an elderly housekeeper had been "guarding" for more than 40 years."

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