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...name suggests, A Mighty Fortress does not ignore Germany’s turbulent and war-stricken past. Rather, the book presents a more substantial perspective. Unifying Germany’s history before 1930 with that after 1945, Ozment does not neglect the white elephant in between...
...Ozment, that dual history is a part of his own story. Like 58 million other Americans, Ozment can claim a German-American heritage. After his mother’s family immigrated to the United States, they dropped the end of their last name, disconnecting themselves with their German history...
Growing up in Arkansas, surrounded by a segregated deep South, Ozment says he learned at an early age how to cope with a divided history. Optimistically, he says that confronting the past is the best way of looking forward...
...Every generation needs to be able to look back at their history and find things that give them esteem and pride to go forward,” Ozment says...
...Germany, the past is certainly something to be reckoned with. But, according to Ozment, many historians have been going about it in the wrong...