In eurem Schatten beginnt mein Tag

Even as a child, Veronica Frenzel sensed that there was something threatening in her family history. She picked up on it casually and pieced it together from snippets of conversation. Yet, no one ever spoke openly about what her grandparents had done during the Nazi era. One day, when Veronica Frenzel finds herself caught off guard by racist thoughts during an anti-racism workshop, she is taken aback. How can this be? She studied history, worked as a journalist around the world, and lived openly with all people. Where do these thoughts come from, and how can she get rid of them? She researches, speaks with her relatives, psychologists, and victims of the Nazi regime, and dissects her family biography. The publicist brutally reveals how her grandparents' Nazi ideology has influenced and shaped her own racist views, how the ideology of the Nazis continues to affect her and our society today, why she constantly devalues herself, as well as friends, family, and her environment – and how she finds a critical approach to all of this. It is a courageous personal confrontation with the legacy of National Socialism in Germany and our ingrained racist thinking.