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Could you answer the soldier?

While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, you are taken one day from your work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by his participation in the mass murder of 300 Russian Jews, the soldier confesses his guilt and begs you for forgiveness. He says, "I know that what I am asking is almost too much for you but without your answer, I cannot die in peace." What do you tell him?

There are hundreds of Holocaust memoirs, but it doesn‘t matter how many you read—each one is unique, and each one will tear your heart open. This is exactly why we should continue to keep these stories alive. Books like these are being banned at an alarming rate. A new American Gestapo is running rampant. Nazis are coming out and gaining momentum.
The author survived Auschwitz and Mittelsteine and recounts those experiences here. For each⬇️

Maus pt. 2 is about Vladek‘s time in the concentration camps and what he did to survive until he was freed. It also offers a bigger look at how the Holocaust affected the rest of Vladek‘s life and how the author has struggled to come to terms learning about his parents‘ experiences and how that has directly affected his life.

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Finally finished Kristen Lavransdatter! It was slow going as my attention span this year has mostly been that of a gnat but I enjoyed it. Also enjoyed Josephine Baker‘s memoir. What an incredibly fascinating woman!

The format of What We Knew was interesting. The individual sections held my interest more than the rest but that is me not the book.

Caught up on buddy reads except the Picasso which I will read today.

Very interesting book. I thought the author did an excellent job in portraying his father's experiences, as well as the different dynamics in his family. The graphic novel format also helped with the portrayal. Definitely worth reading.

So, I switched one of my wild cards with this month‘s pick “The Ravine” because I didn‘t want to have to decide between it and my other pick from this month (Pageboy) immediately. It may still come to that, but I‘ll have had more time to process.
#WendyLower #TheRavine #ElliotPage #Pageboy #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket #nonfiction

I read a lot this month. Anything to avoid the 24/7 sports on TV.
#OctoberWrapUp #StoryGraph #WendyLower #TheRavine

A truly beautiful book. This is a stunningly wonderful work of scholarship. The photograph around which the book is centred is utterly heartbreaking, and a real human look into what is often forgotten amongst the unfathomable horror of the holocaust. A breathtaking look at what history scholarship can and should be.
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I‘m really enjoying this so far. Such wonderful and vital historical work done with this book.
#WenddyLower #TheRavine #audiobook #WOMENALSOKNOWHISTORY

“But I really don‘t trust them [Germans]….