Review: What would you do?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2012
When his teen-age daughter dies mysteriously while living with her mother and her new step-father in Germany, Andre Bamberski is shocked and seems to be the only one willing to ask questions and seek answers. This father soon grows suspicious of the step-father, Dieter Krombach, and what follows is a personal and stead-fast quest for justice, despite being twarted at almost every move, either by Krombach himself, or by governments and police, whether knowingly or unknowingly.This kindle single recounts Bamberski's search for justice and his admitted obsession with Krombach which spanned from Kalinka's death in 1982 to only just recently when Krombach was brought to trial in October, 2011. It's amazing this father's determination and will to see Kalinka rest at peace and to have his own mind finally rest easy. The burden this man carried was an ungiving weight but he never unshouldered it.I can only imagine how it must feel to lose a child under any circumstance, but to think that child may have been taken from you by someone else's wrong-doing would eat away at you everyday. To know that the person who caused her death lives free and without impunity would drive a soul to desperate acts, I'm sure. From my own perspective, I don't know how Bamberski kept from doing something completely vengeful and very final. I don't know if I could have resisted, given what subsequent investigation revealed. To my mind, Bamberski was remarkably controlled.This is a thought-provoking read, leading me to ask myself just what would I do if I thought that my only daughter had been murdered? How long would I pursue justice, and would I really do anything differently than this father did? It made me consider my own moral compass and just what would I do in order to bring to justice the man I held responsible. While I know we have laws for a reason, I do happen to believe that sometimes something that is right is not necessarily what is legal. And this single begs the question that if Bamberski had not done something 'wrong' to get to a right, would Krombach be where he is today?At just over 400 kindle locations, this is a quick read that held my interest thoughout. The writing here is tight and precise, documenting it all, but it's more that just a bare reporting of facts about a true crime story. There is a sense of emotion to it all, of pain, frustration and despair. What really could have been a lost cause turned out to be a long-delayed but deserved win for a young girl silenced and unable to tell her story. And it's very much a story worth listening to.