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I‘ve had this book for years and finally read it so I could give it to a friend. It was a roller coaster. A bit of a slow burn at first, the pace picked up towards the end. The antisemitism was a bit much at times but I understand the point the author was desperately trying to make. Takeaways for me: we never know when our most vulnerable moments might come, and we don‘t know the story of someone else unless they decide to tell us; is the⬇️

"In his [Cardinal Bertram] own hand he gave all the parish priests of the archdiocese instructions 'to hold a solemn requiem in memory of the Fuhrer and all those members of the Wehrmacht who have fallen...' Despite all the insults to the church, the threats and the persecutions, he continued to see and respect Hitler as the Catholic state head of the Reich. He did not have to live to realize how wrong he was in this. He died on 6 July 1945.

I listened to this on radio 4 after a friend mentioned it.
So gut wrenching and so important that Persephone Books have republished.
I can't believe she wrote it before WW2. But also terrifying that it was so clear to her the outcomes.
We need so desperately to learn from history 😔

I finished this yesterday, but I needed some time to process before I could write down my thoughts.

This book is intense. It‘s a quick read, but there is so much to take in. Racism, antisemitism, sexism, eugenics, high control religious groups - the roots of our obsession with thinness are multifaceted, but none of them are good.
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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 🤬😡😢😭

“The Nazis had taken away beauty from everything…”

Father Patrick Desbois‘s passionate commitment to honoring the 1.5 million Jews who died by bullets.

Early morning coffee, a book & my snuggly cats. What a satisfying way to start my day. ☕️📙😻😻
#MondayMood

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

We‘re heading to California on Thursday and I have been in a wicked reading slump. So I picked these up today for the trip, and hopefully one will work out for me. All of them rather slim so as not to overwhelm myself. 😵‍💫

#vacationreading
#dogsoflitsy