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Justiz is Mine Book Club Guide
A reading group guide for Justiz is Mine by Es Norman, a historical novel about a clandestine group pursuing unpunished war crimes in a war-battered Europe.
Discussion questions
- Where do you draw the line between justice and vengeance, and what might make that line difficult to maintain?
- How does accountability differ from recompense? Can either be achieved without the other?
- How might the experiences of victimhood shape a person's understanding of villainy?
- What moral questions arise when justice is pursued outside the law?
- What might people become when justice never arrives, and how might that change their sense of themselves?
- What responsibilities do official institutions have toward those affected by war crimes and crimes against humanity?
- When official institutions fail to act, what responsibilities, if any, fall to individuals or groups?
- How can memory influence the pursuit of justice, and when might it complicate that pursuit?
- What is the relationship between preserving history and holding perpetrators accountable?
- How might a pursuit of justice remain accountable to the moral standards it seeks to uphold?
Book clubs are welcome to contact the author at esnorman.author@gmail.com.