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A few titles I thought of for Holocaust Remembrance Day . Tagged book prominent on my TBR .🕯

I'm a history teacher. I've studied a lot of history. I thought I knew a lot about this topic. But wow. This book taught me so much more. Thorough, well-written and drawing parallels to our society today, it was brilliant (And a bit scary). If I was super rich I would buy one for every student at my school. (And every other high school in the universe.)

It is a great book that focuses primarily on the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. Provides a history so profound and is written so differently from what I am used to. It also speaks about how Communist played a major role in aiding the Germans in helping them achieve their final solution.

Because fear.

#history #WWII #relevant #historyrepeatingitself #learnfromthepast #riseup #resist #loveisloveislove

6/52

A comprehensive look at the Holocaust, the beginnings and startling similarities to today's political and global climate. I learned a lot of history about all the countries involved/complacent in the massacre of so many people. I also learned of the countries that came to the aid of many Jews, providing travel visas etc, i.e. China, Japan, Sweden and Spain to name a few. This needs to be required reading.

I went stress shopping! I got books! Barnes &
Noble had really good selections for their 3 for 2 sale, and I've been meaning to get The Prince of Tides for ages now. I'm planning for it to be my 1986 pick, the first book in my #birthdaychallenge. 📚📚

In a new Russian colonialism that began in 2013, Russian leaders and propagandists imagined neighboring Ukrainians out of existence or presented them as sub-Russians. In characterizations that recall what Hitler said about Ukrainians (and Russians), Russian leaders described Ukraine as an artificial entity with no history, culture, and language, backed by some global agglomeration of Jews, gays, Europeans, and Americans.

Hours 17–20: Finished listening to "Black Earth" for #readathon. A horrifying, clear-eyed look back at how Hitler came to power and the resulting Holocaust, and how we're not so removed today from this mindset and these actions. Really powerful.

This is actually a surprisingly dry overview of the Holocaust but there are occasional jarring insights.

Hmm.