19. Understanding Uncle Dirck’s Crimes
Wondering “Could my mysterious Uncle Dirck have participated in the killing of my grandfather’s family?” gnawed at Simon Pasternak. He was relieved when research showed that the dates did not fit for uncle Dirck to have been present during the killing of the author’s Jewish relatives in Latvia. However, that same research showed that Danish SS members had participated in the mass killing of Jews and other atrocities, elsewhere. As Pasternak put it: “He didn’t do it to my grandfather’s family, but he could have done it to someone else’s“.