Shadows of the Past: A Conversation with Author Annita Rodgers
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Join us for a book conversation with author Annita Rodgers about her book Shadows of the Past.
Shadows of the Past
Shadows of the Past is a dual memoir written in two parts. First by a German SS Officer, and second by Annita Rodgers, his oldest daughter, born in France to her French Mother and German SS Father. Discovering her father’s manuscript many years later, Annita, who is trilingual, translated it from its original German into English. This is not a typical WWII Memoir but rather the saga of a family from two different countries during an impossible time in history.
Journey Institute Publisher, Michael Jenet, commenting on the upcoming publication, said: “This is not the usual story of a German SS Officer or World War II memoir. It is a story that doesn’t get told in the annals of history. A story of a family from two different countries and cultures, and from two vastly different perspectives of hardship and heartbreak and, ultimately, of resilience and hope. We are incredibly honored to be joining Annita on her publishing journey.”
About the Author
Annita Rodgers
As a daughter of a Nazi SS, Annita Bosse Rodgers grew up in Eastern France, the Province of Lorraine. It was at the height of World War II and her province was then under German rules. As the daughter of a French woman and an SS soldier, she suffered throughout her early years of rejection, abuse and shame. At age 22, she married an American Soldier and followed him to the U.S. with her seven-month-old baby girl. Another baby girl was born six years later. Annita became an American citizen in 1967. Today, re-married for a second time, she lives with her husband in Denver, Colorado. The publishing of her father’s memoirs and her own, is the history of suffering of divided families and countries.