Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and me
Subtitle: a memoir of sorts
By: Marianne Thamm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Tafelberg
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780624075202; 9780624075219; 9780624075226
Subjects: Journalists; Biography; South African Authors
Description: "Marianne Thamm delves into her own unconventional life story. Her German father fought for Hitler and made munitions for Verwoerd. He married her largely illiterate Portuguese mother who worked as a cleaner in England. Today Marianne is the proud mother of two (black) teenagers ... Hers is the story of the last century, of the defeat of bigotry and a new era ushered in by Mandela. Sad at times, deeply moving and, like Marianne, hugely entertaining"--Publisher's webpage