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Innocence that was formative for kook sense of home and for her identity as a german the more time she spent abroad the greater her interest grew in finding out what her family had done during the nazi era her uncle Johns College for instance he drew swastikas in his School Notebook joined the s s and was killed in combat at the age of 18. Or her grandfather villi the driving instructor what did he see in 1938 when the synagogue across from his office was set on fire. These and many other episodes are collected in kochs book titled high might in german and in the u. K. Belonging in the us edition its an illustrated diary chronicling years of research that incorporates Historical Documents mentos photographs and drawings. To School Curriculum in germany teaches pupils about the atrocities committed by the nazis. No they are kook felt that was important but as she worked on her book she realized what was lacking was a way to move from a purely critical view of german this toward somethin