![]() How they too could be blind - or willfully blind - to frightening changes taking place right in front of them.” The author hopes “readers will feel a connection to this chapter of history and to the experiences of ‘ordinary Germans’ who fell somewhere on the spectrum between victim and villain.” She feels that “reading about characters drawn in by the Nazi movement helps people imagine how they too could be swept up in dangerous political and cultural currents. ![]() Through them and those close to them, readers consider the physical, emotional, and psychological experiences of everyday Germans. Shattuck asks the question: What happened to the wives of those involved in the July 20 th event? And she poses an answer involving three women and their children trying to survive after Germany’s defeat. ![]() This is the pivotal event behind Jessica Shattuck’s The Women in the Castle. Jmarked the last assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler’s life. Most thought of themselves as German patriots. Most of the military leaders involved knew that Hitler’s plans for conquering Europe harboured the seeds of Germany’s own destruction. Others were revolted at the horror of Nazi war crimes. Some perpetrators were convinced of the sheer madness of Hitler and his regime. Many assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler’s life occurred prior to and during World War Two. ![]()
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