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Hugh offers this list for the purpose of providing members of
book clubs, reading groups, and religious organizations with some starting
points for discussion of sensitive topics covered in
Silent Battlefields: A Novel.
Discussion Points
1. What is your opinion of Selig sparing Eva's life, while at the same time leading her parents to their certain death?
2. In the course of the novel, do you think that Selig succeeds in achieving atonement despite his former history as a Hitler Youth and German soldier?
3. What feelings did the scenes, episodes, and depictions of life in the concentration camp evoke in you?
4. Do you believe that Selig's marriage to Frieda was based on anything more than exploitation? Discuss the reasons for your position.
5. Discuss Mathew's disclosure of his secret to his father in view of the threat it poses to Nathan's lineage.
6. How do you regard the attraction and relationship between Selig and Eva, based on your personal values? Do you find the final resolution of their relationship satisfying?
7. Do you think that Martin's pursuit of Selig, given his intention, was justified, taking into account his experiences at Treblinka?
8. Discuss Thomas's dilemma between his love for his father and what he discovers about Selig's past participation during the Nazi regime.
9. Did you find the evolving friendship between Mathew and Thomas to be credible in terms of its outcome and the conflicts it generated within the two of them?
10. Does Eva behave ethically in the way that she handles the situation of Martin being a client in therapy with her and her communications with Selig about him? Discuss this question taking into consideration Martin's right to confidentiality versus the danger he poses to
Selig.
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