Growing Up in Germany during the 1940s

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Another book about WW2, guilty, but nonetheless, it was quite the story. The story revolved around the owners who operated a restaurant in Germany called 'The German House,' an appropriate title. Upstairs from this restaurant live the owners and their children. Their middle child, Eva, speaks Polish and does translation for work. It's the 1960s when Eva is asked (and then volunteers) to translate for witnesses in a war crimes trial with multiple accused Nazi defenders. Their stories are weaved through Eva's story and how they connect to her family.

I did enjoy the story enough to overlook the sometimes hard to follow segues which are probably due to the book being translated to english.