“As a Second Generation Survivor, I have struggled with the questions: Who will bear witness to the atrocities of the Holocaust in the future? How will we teach children about this historical period without the immediacy of personal experience?” Continuing my WWII reading, as I prepare for my upcoming trip to Poland next week. So far this NF narrative is filling in the gaps yet tearing my heart apart. #VoicesOfTheGenerations
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Cinfhen @Suet624 😭😭😭😭😭😭send tissues 4y
Hooked_on_books I worry about the loss of the immediacy of WWII realities. Both my grandfathers fought in the war and one had a German last name and was discriminated against for it. I know how impactful their experiences were to our family, but the next generation won‘t know those men. Hopefully the lessons won‘t all be lost. 4y
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Reviewsbylola G is just now starting to ask about the Holocaust. It just sounds so unbelievable when we try to explain it to her. 😞 4y
Cinfhen How do you even start to explain @Reviewsbylola 😥😥😥the fact that she‘s asking means she‘s learning, which is incredible. 4y
Cinfhen I heard a US serviceman recently share his story surrounding the Liberation of one of the camps (not Auschwitz) @Hooked_on_books and I thought “wow, we NEED more of these stories too!!” I never thought about discrimination after WWII for those with German names😢The reaches from that war affected millions of lives. War is a terrible thing 💔 4y
Hooked_on_books His discrimination was actually during. The other guys on his ship (he was in the Pacific) gave him trouble over his name while he was fighting for the US. It‘s part of what made him an ardent American for his life—he always bought American and was upset when others didn‘t. War is truly terrible. But we don‘t ever seem to learn, do we? (edited) 4y
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