Tearing the Silence: On Being German in America [Paperback]

Ursula Hegi grew up in Germany and moved to the United States at age eighteen. As she grew older and raised a family, questions about her roots and her native land haunted her until, at last, she felt compelled to write about them.Tearing the Silencebrings together her interviews with dozens of German-born Americans, and their confrontations with the taboo of the Holocaust.Ursula Hegi (1946–2026) was the author of twelve books includingStones from the River,Children Fire, andFloating in My Mother’s Palm. She taught writing at Stonybrook's Southhampton Campus and was the recipient of more than thirty grants and awards.