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" I learned about the Holocaust in school around the same time that my mother ceremoniously announced to the family over dinner that I had my first period. She wanted to do me a favor by acting less prudish than her own parents had, but for me, the idea of being a woman seemed to be as shameful as being a German. "

Nora Krug , Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home


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Nora Krug quote : I learned about the Holocaust in school around the same time that my mother ceremoniously announced to the family over dinner that I had my first period. She wanted to do me a favor by acting less prudish than her own parents had, but for me, the idea of being a woman seemed to be as shameful as being a German.