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ncsufoxes
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The book is based on a photograph brought to the Holocaust Museum in DC. There were so many important & sad points made throughout the book. There are so many people & families that were murdered that historians feel that they still don‘t have the full story. That there has been so much whitewashing & pushback on researchers. Making it difficult to access archives or digger further into the past. My grandmothers family left Poland in the early

ncsufoxes 1900s. My grandmother was born in the US but her older sister was born in Poland. My mom doesn‘t even know what village they came from. We think they possibly were somewhere near what is now Ukraine. They were Catholic & we understand that something must have prompted them to leave Poland. My mom said her grandparents never spoke English & they never discussed where they were from. I am always trying to find more answers to this puzzle. 2w
TheBookHippie I hope you find answers. This book was so good. 2w
ncsufoxes @TheBookHippie my mom has decided to take a genealogy class to see what she can learn. I‘ve also suggested that she get a copy of her mom‘s birth certificate to see if it lists where her parents were born. Her dad is from Ireland & she had requested a copy of his birth certificate from Ireland (her, my sisters & I are working on our dual citizenship). She knows she has family in Ireland but she wonders if anyone survived in Poland. 2w
TheBookHippie @ncsufoxes hardly any Jewish people did, I heard Catholics were lost in big numbers too -but I can‘t recollect if was from hiding Jews or just resisting in general, or both. It will be interesting what she learns. 2w
AnnCrystal 💝 Ancestry research is a rewarding experience 🫂💝. 2w
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Kristy_K
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Incredibly tragic but interesting to hear about people‘s experiences in the aftermath of the disaster.

I listened to part of this on audiobook and it seems the “narrator” was AI generated (by the Voice Clan?) which came across with weird pauses and no inflection in its tone. I don‘t recommended this version as it detracted from reading/words.

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rachelsbrittain
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Just couldn't help myself at the Nobel Peace Center. They practically had a whole bookstore in the gift shop! And I learned about a few other books I definitely want to put on my tbr, primarily The Witness of Those Two Days about the memories of the survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Nihon Hidankyo (the recipients of the 2024 Novel Peace Prize for their ongoing advocacy against the use of nuclear weapons).

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Nebklvr
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This was informative, almost overly so. This could have been two very good books. I learned many things but I know I missed just as much. This wouldn‘t be the first book on Ukraine I would read but it did add to the overall picture.

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kspenmoll
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“Every witness is unique,a living protest of sorts against the abject annihilation of the memory of his assassinated Jewish neighbors”(145).Why have I read this month 3 books addressing the holocaust,1 through a photograph,a 2nd,historical fiction following a real child,& this one, through bullets? I think I am seeing so many parallels to our president‘s attempt to turn this country into a dictatorship-I need the concrete.#MondayMood 🤬😡😢😭

Deblovestoread So important! Stacking. 2mo
Butterfinger Yes, and it is so easy to become depressed because you feel so impotent about the past. We can do something now. Keep sharing about the past and speaking up about today's injustices. I hope you read something light. The photograph still haunts me. I remember when Lisa Kudrow found out about her father's Jewish family. They had all been murdered in a mass grave. I can't remember if it was Ukraine or Poland. There was a memorial. 2mo
Butterfinger I never thought till today that these precious people should be exhumed and given a respectful burial. I need to read this book. We need to honor by reading about each soul. Do you follow The Beloved Children of the Holocaust? 2mo
kspenmoll @Butterfinger I will look into The Beloved Children. 2mo
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kspenmoll
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“The Nazis had taken away beauty from everything…”

dabbe 😢😪😭 2mo
AnnCrystal 😢. 2mo
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kspenmoll
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Father Patrick Desbois‘s passionate commitment to honoring the 1.5 million Jews who died by bullets.

Butterfinger That would be sucg a daunting task. This is all of Europe, correct? I know of communities who have built monuments with names who were lost. He's right. In death, they should be honored. 2mo
GingerAntics Oh my god, they are/have building monuments to the Nazis? That‘s gross! That‘s not any different in my mind than building monuments to confederate soldiers and the confederacy itself. This man is doing amazing, important work. 2mo
dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 2mo
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kspenmoll @Butterfinger @GingerAntics Yes,the Nazi monuments are all over Europe.These literal killing fields are located all over Ukraine-those were the villages he was visiting & recording elderly witnesses that were still alive.Most had never unburdened themselves of their stories. His grandfather,a French soldier was captured by the Germans & sent to Rawa-Ruska,a concentration camp in Ukraine 2mo
kspenmoll It was his grandfather who got him interested in Ukraine where 1.5 mil Jews were killed by bullets. 2mo
GingerAntics @kspenmoll wow! That is terrible! I‘m so glad he gave these survivors space to let these stories out. No one should carry any story, any trauma, but certainly such horrors alone. 2mo
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kspenmoll
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Early morning coffee, a book & my snuggly cats. What a satisfying way to start my day. ☕️📙😻😻
#MondayMood

Kitta I had both of mine on me last night 😆 2mo
kspenmoll @Kitta They are such warm soft blankets! 2mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 2mo
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Deblovestoread A perfect way to start your day! Wishing you a peaceful mood all day long! ❤️ 2mo
dabbe 🖤🐾🐾🖤 #emandpoe 2mo
RaeLovesToRead One of these kitties looks more happy for it to be morning than the other 😄❤️ Give them a snuggle from me! 2mo
AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾😻💝. 2mo
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kspenmoll
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This is a library book that was referred to in the book Ravine by Wendy Lower. Started it today. Like her book, it is a record of a holocaust by bullets rather than death camps, mostly in Eastern Europe. #toomanybookstoolittletime #libraryhold

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