ISTRAGA PORODIČNIH (NE)ISTINA: SEĆANJE, TRAUMA I SVEDOČENJE U STUDIJI „MOJ DOBRI OTAC“: ŽIVOT SA NJEGOVOM PROŠLOŠĆU BEATE NIMAN

Abstract

The main purpose of the work is the analytical stratification of the content of the study My Good Father: Life with His Past by Beate Nieman. The author of the study is the daughter of Bruno Sattler, head of the Gestapo and a criminal of the Second World War, who, in addition to numerous atrocities, led the operation of killing women and children in the dušegupka’s in Belgrade (1942-1944). Noticing gaps and illogicalities in her memories, the author begins the process of researching her father with the intention of writing his biography. Beata’s narrative confronts the past with the present, as well as the family’s created past with the potential family legacy. In addition, dealing with history, facts, evidence, the father becomes the subject of his daughter’s investigation. Starting with the deconstruction of (Beat’s) memories, Bruno Sattler’s past is highlighted first. Insights will be given into the author’s research processes that led to the uncovering of the historical and family truth about Sattler. The research will not be strictly fixed on the character of Bruno Sattler since the narrative as such gives space to research the psychological aspects of the personality of Beate Niemann herself. The work will be focused on the relations of history and the past, the functions of memory, the scope of trauma, aspects of (auto)biography, as insights into the existence of double testimony and double investigative procedure at the level of the narrative.