In Het kleedje voor Hitler(A table cloth for Hitler), Bas Von Benda-Beckmann explores the Nazi past of his German family. Central to the book is his great-aunt Luise, who married Alfred Jodl, one of Adolf Hitler's most faithful generals, and defended him long after his death sentence. A very interesting book that takes the reader through German history and his family history, based on diaries and correspondence. From the 19th century to World War II until today. The Nazi regime sneaks into both German society and his family. Von Benda-Beckmann does not shy away from the difficult questions about his family.

The letters from his great aunt Tini also play a major role in this. She turned away from the Nazi regime more emphatically than her family, and her diaries and letters give an insight into the dilemmas that this brought. A book to read right now.