"Tracing the Past in the Present" is a poignant documentation of a "war granddaughter's" personal journey to confront the aftermath of the Holocaust. Through her travels to the Stammtisch of Jewish emigrants in New York, the author, Patricia Paweletz, unravels the concealed history of her grandfather's SS membership. This diary serves as a heartfelt exploration of guilt within her own family and a detailed examination of social interdependence. Delve into the complexities of the past and present with this compelling narrative that ties together loose ends and sheds light on the struggles of coming to terms with history.

About "Tracing the Past in the Present" and Patricia Paweletz:

With your book you opened a unique new angle to our modern history: the victims and the perpetrator's offspring trying to make sense of it together, and eventually becoming friends. In the days in which we live: populism, extreme right marching again … I think that you wrote an important book.

– Piet Teigeler

...with many important aspects for the entire processing complex.

– S. KUPFERBERG

Author: Patricia Paweletz