Publisher's Synopsis
As the smallest social unit in our society, the family is considered to be of great importance for the biography of the individual. Ensuring this family and its history in telling can make sense. Family stories can strengthen the feeling of belonging and the courage to live, even if they tell of breaks and destruction. The striking thing about German family and generational novels is that the authors find their point of reference in the past, respectively in National Socialism. In search of family origins, they investigate the behavior of parents and grandparents in the war and post-war period and try to re-grasp their own identity in them. The story of the individual is told not only as part of the family history, but also as part of the great historical story. The fact that these stories are always narratives and are based on narrative techniques is explained in this monograph using a variety of texts from German memory literature.
