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Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and me : a memoir of sorts / Marianne Thamm.

By: Thamm, MarianneMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cape Town : Tafelberg, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 302 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some in color), facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780624075202Subject(s): Thamm, Marianne | Journalists -- South Africa -- Biography | Authors, South African -- Biography | South Africa -- BiographyDDC classification: 920.068 Summary: "Marianne Thamm delves into her own unconventional life story. Her German father fought for Hitler and made munitions for Verwoerd. He married her largely illiterate Portuguese mother who worked as a cleaner in England. Today Marianne is the proud mother of two (black) teenagers ... Hers is the story of the last century, of the defeat of bigotry and a new era ushered in by Mandela. Sad at times, deeply moving and, like Marianne, hugely entertaining"--Publisher's webpage
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900: History & Geography Non Fiction 920.068 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33228031002549

"Marianne Thamm delves into her own unconventional life story. Her German father fought for Hitler and made munitions for Verwoerd. He married her largely illiterate Portuguese mother who worked as a cleaner in England. Today Marianne is the proud mother of two (black) teenagers ... Hers is the story of the last century, of the defeat of bigotry and a new era ushered in by Mandela. Sad at times, deeply moving and, like Marianne, hugely entertaining"--Publisher's webpage

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