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The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Giles Milton (view source)
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GM: My wife helped enormously with the book. I decided right from the outset that Wolfram needed to relive his experiences in German. I don't speak German and so it was Alexandra who conducted all the interviews - 60 hours of them. I set all the questions and requested more information if and when I needed it.
My eldest daughter has just finished the book and found it fascinating - not just because it was about her family, but because she had never before considered what ordinary Germans experienced during the Third Reich.
* '''BB: Some critics have said that it would have been better if ''Wolfram'' had been written by a non-family member, but as I read I saw Wolfram as the German 'Everyman', with the particular subject being almost irrelevant. Have I missed the point?'''