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A book [Westlie] was made to write, a story that bridges the charged field between personal and universal dilemmas. --Dagbladet, praise for the Norwegian edition An important and timely contribution to the field, with an informative and lucid introduction. My Father's War is part memoir and part documentary narrative, an exploration of a son's relationship to an estranged father intertwined with a terrifying history of Norwegian men who enlisted in the Waffen-SS and committed atrocities in Ukraine. --Marianne Stecher-Hansen, editor of Nordic War Stories: World War II as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory

An important and timely contribution to the field, with an informative and lucid introduction. My Father's War is part memoir and part documentary narrative, an exploration of a son’s relationship to an estranged father intertwined with a terrifying history of Norwegian men who enlisted in the Waffen-SS and committed atrocities in Ukraine."" - Marianne Stecher-Hansen, editor of Nordic War Stories: World War II as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory ""A book [Westlie] was made to write, a story that bridges the charged field between personal and universal dilemmas."" - Dagbladet, praise for the Norwegian edition

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BjØrn Westlie, who has worked as a journalist and historian, is the author of OppgjØr i skyggen av Holocaust (Reckoning in the Shadow of the Holocaust) and four other books. Dean Krouk, associate professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Wisconsin– Madison, is the author of two books, including The Making of an Antifascist: Nordahl Grieg between the World Wars.

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