I very much enjoyed "The German House." One can read a history book to learn the outcome of any historical event, but you will not learn about attitudes, emotions, or the effect that an event had on the people that lived through it. Annette Hess does a wonderful job with this. History has already written the story, but not about the Bruhns family. The story is character driven as well and I found myself thinking about the family members and their various situations through out my day. Emotions in in Frankfurt were running high during the Aususchwitz trials in 1963. I never learned about this in any history class and it was powerful to learn about it as the characters in the story were living it.