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In My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, Jennifer Teege, a mixed-race woman adopted at age seven, discovers at thirty-eight that her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the Nazi commandant from Schindler’s List. Using a blend of Teege's first-person narrative and Nikola Sellmair's journalistic reporting, the book explores Teege's struggle to comprehend her family's dark legacy, her relationship with her estranged mother, and her emotional journey towards acceptance. This work discusses the Holocaust and generational trauma.