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kspenmoll
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“Every witness is unique,a living protest of sorts against the abject annihilation of the memory of his assassinated Jewish neighbors”(145).Why have I read this month 3 books addressing the holocaust,1 through a photograph,a 2nd,historical fiction following a real child,& this one, through bullets? I think I am seeing so many parallels to our president‘s attempt to turn this country into a dictatorship-I need the concrete.#MondayMood 🤬😡😢😭

Deblovestoread So important! Stacking. 2w
Butterfinger Yes, and it is so easy to become depressed because you feel so impotent about the past. We can do something now. Keep sharing about the past and speaking up about today's injustices. I hope you read something light. The photograph still haunts me. I remember when Lisa Kudrow found out about her father's Jewish family. They had all been murdered in a mass grave. I can't remember if it was Ukraine or Poland. There was a memorial. 2w
Butterfinger I never thought till today that these precious people should be exhumed and given a respectful burial. I need to read this book. We need to honor by reading about each soul. Do you follow The Beloved Children of the Holocaust? 2w
kspenmoll @Butterfinger I will look into The Beloved Children. 2w
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kspenmoll
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“The Nazis had taken away beauty from everything…”

dabbe 😢😪😭 2w
AnnCrystal 😢. 2w
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kspenmoll
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Father Patrick Desbois‘s passionate commitment to honoring the 1.5 million Jews who died by bullets.

Butterfinger That would be sucg a daunting task. This is all of Europe, correct? I know of communities who have built monuments with names who were lost. He's right. In death, they should be honored. 2w
GingerAntics Oh my god, they are/have building monuments to the Nazis? That‘s gross! That‘s not any different in my mind than building monuments to confederate soldiers and the confederacy itself. This man is doing amazing, important work. 2w
dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 2w
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kspenmoll @Butterfinger @GingerAntics Yes,the Nazi monuments are all over Europe.These literal killing fields are located all over Ukraine-those were the villages he was visiting & recording elderly witnesses that were still alive.Most had never unburdened themselves of their stories. His grandfather,a French soldier was captured by the Germans & sent to Rawa-Ruska,a concentration camp in Ukraine 2w
kspenmoll It was his grandfather who got him interested in Ukraine where 1.5 mil Jews were killed by bullets. 2w
GingerAntics @kspenmoll wow! That is terrible! I‘m so glad he gave these survivors space to let these stories out. No one should carry any story, any trauma, but certainly such horrors alone. 2w
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kspenmoll
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Early morning coffee, a book & my snuggly cats. What a satisfying way to start my day. ☕️📙😻😻
#MondayMood

Kitta I had both of mine on me last night 😆 2w
kspenmoll @Kitta They are such warm soft blankets! 2w
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 2w
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Deblovestoread A perfect way to start your day! Wishing you a peaceful mood all day long! ❤️ 2w
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 #emandpoe 2w
RaeLovesToRead One of these kitties looks more happy for it to be morning than the other 😄❤️ Give them a snuggle from me! 2w
AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾😻💝. 2w
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kspenmoll
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This is a library book that was referred to in the book Ravine by Wendy Lower. Started it today. Like her book, it is a record of a holocaust by bullets rather than death camps, mostly in Eastern Europe. #toomanybookstoolittletime #libraryhold

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kspenmoll
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This novel is example of why libraries are so essential.I found this in the new book section,calling out my name. I‘m uncertain how to review this combination of facts & imaginative storytelling,centered on a young, Catholic, 14 yr old Polish girl,Czeslawz Kwoka.When the author read an obituary in the NYT of the Polish photographer,Wilhelm Brasse,who took 40,000 + photographs of the inmates in Auschwitz, Tuck clipped out 3 of Czeslawz. ⬇️

kspenmoll ⬆️ This novel centers on Czeslawz, but there are many stories of those who impacted her short life: the Nazi perpetrators in Poland & in the camp, her family, her village,fellow inmates,ordinary, & extraordinary people.All of these people & their stories are woven together to make a “kaleidoscope” of memories. Although quite different in context & presentation,this book like The Ravine,”…restore(s) some kind of life and dignity to its victims.” (edited) 1mo
Graywacke I like Lily Tuck, but this sounds amazing 1mo
Chrissyreadit Wow! this does sound amazing!! 1mo
tpixie This sounds like an excellent book! 1mo
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ncsufoxes
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Over the last few years I have stopped reading about WWII because it‘s been so overwhelming. This one was interesting but a hard read. The author discusses some of the early history that lead to the Holocaust, the propaganda, the acceptance of many as the Nazi party pushed its agenda forward. He discusses that it‘s impossible for any one person to be an expert in the Holocaust because it covers so many areas, regions, counties of Europe.

ncsufoxes He doesn‘t make excuses for why so many were complicit in what happened. He did discuss some of what was happening in Poland (my great grandparents emigrated to the US from Poland shortly after WWI, they were Catholic & lived somewhere near what is now the Ukraine). He also talks about after the war & basically some of the issues we have today that stem from the past. It was interesting but also difficult for many due to the traumatic past it 2mo
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kspenmoll I ordered it. Could not stop myself. Thanks. 2mo
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Floresj
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Part memoir, part history tracing the kids whose parents advertised their children to be taken in by British households in 1938. They originated in Vienna, and each of the stories told had such different paths throughout their lives. It‘s heartbreaking, but the biggest impact is thinking of the parents who knew that sending their children to complete strangers in a different country was the best decision they could make to keep them safe.

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