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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. 3d
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. 3d
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? 3d
kspenmoll @Butterfinger I will look into The Beloved Children. 3d
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kspenmoll
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“The Nazis had taken away beauty from everything…”

dabbe 😢😪😭 3d
AnnCrystal 😢. 2d
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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. 3d
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. 3d
dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 3d
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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 3d
kspenmoll It was his grandfather who got him interested in Ukraine where 1.5 mil Jews were killed by bullets. 3d
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. 3d
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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 😆 3d
kspenmoll @Kitta They are such warm soft blankets! 3d
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 3d
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Deblovestoread A perfect way to start your day! Wishing you a peaceful mood all day long! ❤️ 3d
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 #emandpoe 3d
RaeLovesToRead One of these kitties looks more happy for it to be morning than the other 😄❤️ Give them a snuggle from me! 3d
AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾😻💝. 2d
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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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The author explains her commitment to unpacking the found photograph detailing the murder (at first glance) of a young boy & a woman,both Jewish in Miropol, Ukraine, 10/13/1941. @Amiable Thank you so much for reviewing this! Once I read your review I knew i had to read it. #blameitonlitsy #antifabookclub #readingispolitical #overcomingevilempires

Suet624 Bless you for reading this. 3w
Amiable It‘s amazing how she was able to track down so many details, isn‘t it ? 3w
Chrissyreadit I definitely want to read this. 3w
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In 2009,the author was searching in the archives of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum for Nazi documentation that might result in the prosecution of the notorious Bernhard Frank,(Himmler protege)known to be alive in Germany.Two Prague journalists interrupted her to show her this photograph taken on 10/13/1941, in Miropol,Ukraine.This find prompted her to undertake a quest to answer the questions this photograph seemed to be asking of her.

dabbe 💔 3w
Butterfinger It just breaks your soul. 3w
AnnCrystal 😢🙏🏼. 3w
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Amiable
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In 2009, historian Wendy Lower discovered this photo in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. It depicts the actual moment of the murder of a Jewish family in 1941. Over a 10-year period, Lower conducted extensive research to identify the location and date of the mass executions, the German and Ukrainian soldiers who pulled the triggers, the Slovakian photographer who snapped the photo —and the identities of the woman and her children. #antifabookclub

kspenmoll I have this - somewhere so must find it after your review! I have been mercilessly culling my bookshelves for our local library sale, so it‘s sure to turn up! 4w
Amiable @kspenmoll I am in awe of Lower‘s research skills! 4w
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Butterfinger There are no words. 4w
Chrissyreadit This must have been an incredible and intense research effort. Thank you so much for sharing this. We are already complicit in innocent people disappearing today as a nation and I can only hope we do not see this also. 4w
AmyG 😥 4w
sarahbarnes 💔💔💔 4w
Susanita Horrific 4w
dabbe I literally couldn't breathe while reading this. 😮‍💨😤😪 4w
TheBookHippie I know the story. Haven‘t read the book. Just ordered it. 4w
Suet624 And as Trump sends people to camps, who can guarantee that things like this won‘t happen 4w
TheBookHippie @Suet624 I suspect they will. 4w
Deblovestoread The same ones who don't care about camps in America also said Never Forget. The disconnect is unreal. I'll be ordering the book as well. 4w
CBee This picture made me gasp. I‘ll be looking for this book as well 💔 4w
Leftcoastzen I have it on the TBR , moving it up! 4w
AnnCrystal
...Horrifying...no words 😢🙏🏼...
4w
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Nebklvr
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This was a rather concise explanation of Ukrainian history region by region which is immensely helpful when dealing with such a contentious shifting of borders. It was conversational. Occasionally, the editing was a bit lax but the info was great. Feel free to use 5-calls to express your thoughts on Ukraine and fascism in our country.

Suet624 I appreciate you mentioning this book. I've been looking for some background information. I feel so badly about what is going on there. 2mo
Nebklvr @Suet624 I was in the same boat. I feel it expanded my knowledge. I knew a bit about the Great Famine but not much else. 2mo
Suet624 Do they talk about the religious differences/friction between Russia and Ukraine too? 2mo
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Nebklvr @Suet624 Yes. Quite a bit actually. 2mo
Suet624 Good. I‘ve been trying to explain that to people recently because of the whole Pope/Zelenskyy and Vance/Putin (Opus Dei and Orthodox vs Roman Catholic) situation. There is such a big religious story going on and no one in the media talks about it 2mo
Nebklvr @Suet624 Mostly described in terms of why different religions in different sections and some of friction politically die to dif religions and also some $ issues 2mo
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Susanita
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I snuck in this #authoramonth selection on the last day! It was a fascinating and compelling story about a female sniper fighting for the Soviet Union in World War Two. At first I was annoyed by the diversion to the US tour, but as it progressed I appreciated it as a storytelling tool.

The USSR made use of women in combat roles 80 years ago, but Secretary Kegbreath really thinks he‘s doing something here by eliminating the WPS program in 2025.

Aims42 “Secretary Kegbreath” 🤣🤣🤣 I am so using that from now on 👏 (edited) 3mo
AmyG @Aims42 That‘s what we call him. He is the poster boy for the unqualified. 3mo
Leftcoastzen What an embarrassment he is ! Absolutely unqualified, but aren‘t they all , loyalty to Cheeto , job skills & experience not needed or wanted . 3mo
dabbe Best hashtag today: #kegbreath 😍🤣😍 3mo
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