Tag: Burkhard Bilger

  • Traveling the dangerous territory of family history

    Paul O’Connor, a veteran newspaper journalist, finds the account  Burkhard Bilger tells of his Nazi grandfather of great interest – and also finds much to like in Bilger’s dogged search for the truth. Reviewed by Paul T. O’Connor FATHERLAND: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets. By Burkhard Bilger. Random House. 279 pages. $28.99,…