Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Description:

After a school trip to Israel, Johanna discover's that her German grandfather acquired a clothing store during the Nazi regime according to the anti-Semitic laws of the Third Reich rather than starting it himself as her family has always stated. She struggles with whether to keep silent or to question her family's history.

subjects: Children's fiction,  Clothing and dress, fiction,  Grandparents, fiction,  Self-esteem, fiction,  Clothing trade,  Juvenile fiction,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),  World War, 1939-1945,  Confiscations and contributions,  Aryanization,  Antisemitism,  Secrets,  Interpersonal relations,  Economic aspects