In My Brother's Shadow  In My Brother's Shadow: A Life and Death in the SS (German: Am Beispiel meines Bruders) is the title of a semi-autobiographical novel by Uwe Timm. It was translated and published in English in 2005. The plot, based on Timm's own experience living through World War II, tells the story of the protagonist's brother, an SS corporal killed in Russia in 1943.