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Kansasliberal asked this question about All the Light We Cannot See:

Do we know why Frederick was so pushed by his family to attend the Nazis school where he obviously did not belong?

Kathleen To please his father.

Pearl Yes, I definitely got the impression it was to please his parents but mostly his father, whom we never meet. He seems to have been away serving Hitler ...more
Feb 26, 2015 09:05PM · flag

Melanie Gauthier I think "to please his father" is anachronistic to that time and place in history. Today we have the luxury of such choices that didn't exist in Nazi ...more
Mar 29, 2015 07:08AM · flag

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