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“The German House” One of 10 BEST AUDIOBOOKS of 2020 earned Nina Franoszek an EARPHONE AWARD https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read/171215/the-german-house-by-annette-hess-elisabeth-lauffer-trans-read-by-nina- franoszek/ Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess’ international best seller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator - caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power - as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation’s past. If everything your family told you was a lie, how far would you go to uncover the truth? Finding answers and hope through post-Holocaust fiction is a challenge, yet this gripping audiobook succeeds because of the power of the dialogue as delivered by narrator Nina Franoszek.The story focuses on Eva Bruhns, a naïve 24-year-old who accepts a job as a translator at the tribunal. As Eva does her job, she begins to question her own family's conduct during and after the war. Franoszek captures Eva's emotions with intensity and, at times, a surprisingly realistic tone of wonderment, both of which highlight the questions and anger bottled deep inside Eva. The result is a powerful performance by Franoszek that complements the novel superbly. “ D.J.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2020] Stories that follow brave nobodies speaking truth to power are always welcome on Paste lists. And the ever-fracturing political moment we’re living right now makes Annette Hess’ Auschwitz Trials-set international bestseller, The German House, a must-listen. The audio version is narrated with soothing, lightly German-accented surety by Nina Franoszek, who— embodying the young war crimes trial translator at the heart of the story—punctuates that surety with occasional bursts of energetic fervor. The result is a saga that spins vibrant immediacy into one of modern history’s more heavily loaded moments. https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/audiobooks/best-audiobooks-of-december-2019-list/#by-bob-dylantarantula Published: December 2019 APPLE BOOK REVIEW: „If we know of atrocities being committed but donʼt try to stop them, are we complicit in those crimes? Annette Hess tackles this vital question in her powerful historical novel set in West Germany in the early 1960s. When idealistic Eva is hired as a translator for the trials of former Nazi SS members, she learns the full reality of the Holocaust for the first time—and begins to understand that sheʼs been lied to by both her family and her country. Actress Nina Franoszek (Mad Men) gives a deeply emotional performance, expressing all of Evaʼs pain and fear, as well as her courage. The German House is a deeply disturbing, important, and powerful novel that youʼll want to talk about with your friends.” - Apple Book Review