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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. ⬇️

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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) 1w

kspenmoll #readingispolitical #antifabookclub #overcomingevilempires #neverlosehope 1w

Graywacke I like Lily Tuck, but this sounds amazing 1w

Chrissyreadit Wow! this does sound amazing!! 1w

tpixie This sounds like an excellent book! 7d

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ncsufoxes

Holocaust: An Unfinished History | Dan Stone

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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 4w

ncsufoxes encapsulates. #realhistory #honesthistory #14books14weeks @Liz_M 4w

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kspenmoll I ordered it. Could not stop myself. Thanks. 4w

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I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children, and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust | Julian Borger

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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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ncsufoxes

Holocaust: An Unfinished History | Dan Stone

I read this passage today & felt how applicable it is to today. Especially with what is happening to so many immigrant families in the US right now. This was a letter written by a French priest in 1942 that was read to most of the churches in Toulouse. Currently, I still don‘t understand how people call themselves a Christian & have no qualms about what is happening to so many innocent people. #ranttime

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Soscha

The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History | Laurence Rees

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Just above. Too many words to not need to edit it down.

charl08 Not to minimise your response, but in case interesting. For me offer grounds for hope. Stamford experiments have come under scrutiny in recent years: perhaps not as inevitable a process as Zimbardo suggested. https://www.livescience.com/62832-stanford-prison-experiment-flawed.html 3mo

Anna40 Is the main argument of the book that Germans are inherently evil? 3mo

Soscha No, it‘s more the human capacity to descend into behavior, an evil mundanity to function in a sick society. They give a list of 15 warning signs to be aware and don‘t consent nor participate in it if it comes. It‘s hard as an American with the rather fascist regime a majority of WP elected, a truly sick White Nationalism. Don‘t consent, don‘t participate. 3mo

Soscha Let me know if I‘m not explaining this very well. The Nazi Mind is a giant mass of trigger warnings but highly recommended. 3mo

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