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A Guest at the Shooters' Banquet
A Guest at the Shooters' Banquet: My Grandfather's SS Past, My Jewish Family, A Search for the Truth | Rita Gabis
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Rita Gabis comes from a family of Eastern European Jews and Lithuanian Catholics. She was close to her Catholic grandfather as a child and knew one version of his past: prior to immigration he had fought the Russians, whose brutal occupation of Lithuania destroyed thousands of lives before Hitler's army swept in. Five years ago, Gabis discovered an unthinkable dimension to her family story: from 1941 to 1943, her grandfather had been Chief of Security Police under the Gestapo in the Lithuanian town of Svencionys, near the killing field of Poligon, where 8,000 Jews were murdered over three days in the fall of 1941. In 1942, the local Polish population was also hunted down. Gabis felt compelled to find out the complicated truth of who her grandfather was and what he had done. Built around dramatic interviews in four countries, filled with original scholarship, and mesmerizing in its lyricism, A Guest at the Shooters' Banquet is a history and family memoir like no other, documenting "the holocaust by bullets?? in a remarkable quest as Gabis returns again and again to the country of her grandfather's birth to learn all she can about the man she thought she knew.
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It's been raining all day and I'm still dealing with my friggin migraines...it's been difficult to read so I did some online therapy shopping 🛒 📚😉mostly #NonFiction and I picked up a book for my dad...I'd say at least 4 of these books are total #blameitonLitsy

BarbaraTheBibliophage I'm sorry for the migraine. They do suck, but hopefully BookOutlet shopping helped. 😘 7y
Cinfhen Thanks so much @BarbaraTheBibliophage book shopping always helps💕 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess Feel better soon. Hugs. 7y
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AmandaL Feel better! 7y
LibrarianRyan I have into that sale as well. 17 books. 7y
LeahBergen Blah. Feel better soon! 💕 7y
Jas16 Hope you feel better soon 7y
cobwebmoth Hope the migraines ease up! 7y
MicheleinPhilly Online therapy shopping FTW! 🙌🏼Migraines be gone! 7y
Dragon I hope your migraine resolves quickly! Take care of yourself! 💐 7y
DGRachel Migraines suck!! Hope you feel better soon! 7y
DebinHawaii Sorry about your migraines. 🤕Hope you feel better soon! 💜💜💜 7y
Cinfhen Thanks for good wishes @DebinHawaii @DGRachel @Dragon @MicheleinPhilly @cobwebmoth @Jas16 @LeahBergen @AmandaL @Graciouswarriorprincess darn meds haven't been working 🤕and the crappy weather isn't too helpful either 😪 7y
Cinfhen Can't wait to see your book haul @LibrarianRyan 😁 7y
minkyb Feel better! 7y
Reggie Does chocolate help? 7y
TrishB Hope your migraine is easing 💟 7y
Kalalalatja Hope you feel better soon! 7y
Reviewsbylola Ugh migraine sisters unite. I've been struggling too. Running With Scissors is amazing! 7y
Cinfhen I feel your pain @Reviewsbylola 😖I've been miserable for days now 😰nothing really seems to be helping @Kalalalatja @Reggie @TrishB @minkyb 😔 7y
Reviewsbylola I hope you get relief. I've been feeling much better this week. I think mine was sinus related because I also have a lot of fluid in my ears and it was making me really sensitive. Such a literal pain. 7y
Cinfhen I'm 99% sure my migraines are weather related...because everything aches 😩I'm glad you're feeling better @Reviewsbylola 💕🌈 7y
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