History Question

Write a paper on one of the prompt questions below. Your paper must include at

point font.
Option 1: Near the end of the memoir Fest writes that while his mother “held the same views
as my father in political matters, [she] had a much more difficult time dealing with day-to-day
life. For her, family came before principles….” How did the mother survive the years of the
Nazi dictatorship, the war, and the aftermath? What price did she pay for the family’s anti-Nazi
principles?

Option 2: What were the core values and beliefs that led Joachim Fest to maintain his integrity
during the Nazi years? Provide examples from his childhood, teen years, and his military
service.

Joachim Fest,Not I: Memoirs of a German Childhood.Other Press. ISBN 978-

159051610-2