Nora Krug’s book Heimat, or Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home, is a mixed-media memoir in which she reckons with her family’s past and national history. Born two generations after WW II in Karlsruhe, Krug reconciles with the abstract shame that she associates with her German identity by researching her family’s role in the war. She also weaves in short excerpts entitled “From the notebook of a homesick émigré,” which introduce readers to little everyday German items and traditions, such as the hot water bottle, mushroom hunting and the forest. Through Krug’s investigation into her culture and family’s past, readers gain a greater understanding of the complexities of what it means to be German.