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I‘m really struggling with this one and it is 100% me and not the book. I read The Ravine first, and I am still caught up on the BEAUTIFUL work of scholarship that is, that this just isn‘t hitting for me. To be honest, he‘s doing really intriguing and unique scholarship as well, but the scholarship is not his point (and I‘m really wishing it was). His scholarship literally couldn‘t be done today, so my desire for more info is that much stronger.

Short but powerful YA read about a young German girl who discovers the noises in the wall aren‘t mice…they‘re people. Forbidden people. Especially since she is in the Jungmädelbund. When the Gestapo come looking, what will she do?

I guess I didn‘t expect this to be a memoir. Still intriguing and helping to block out all of the bleeding football.
#FatherPatrickDesbois #TheHolocaustOfBullets #audiobook

While Schönhaus' story of living in Berlin under the Nazi regime as a Jewish document forger is interesting, the writing was just so, so bad.

88/80

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"My survival is the result of events in which the 'law of large numbers' played the major part."

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This reading is inspired by The Book of Lost Names that piqued my interest in the people who forged documents in WWII. Shout out to @Offmybookshelf for finding this book and passing it on to me ❤️

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.