Simon Pasternak recalled the shocking moment he discovered his uncle Dirck, a relative shrouded in mystery, had fought with the Nazis during World War II. His discovery was all the more shocking, because half of Pasternak’s family is Jewish.
The Danish writer described in an op-ed in Britain’s Daily Telegraph how he uncovered the family’s dark secret.
“I found the suitcase in my parents’ basement in Copenhagen, when I was a boy in the late 70s. Rusty and black, it belonged to my maternal grandmother’s brother, ‘Uncle Dirck,’ who ‘disappeared in Ukraine during the war,’” Pasternak wrote.
Inside, Pasternak said he found “a …read more
Source: The Blaze
