Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans. Review

 

Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans
Even if you've read many books on the topic, you'll want to read this one

I'm sitting on the couch, next to my brother Greg. I'm about five years old. The TV is our magical portal to old movies. The elegant dancing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The wit and romance of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. John Wayne's righteous action hero. But not today. I am witnessing horrors that will haunt me for the rest of my life.

Naked, skeletal bodies stacked like firewood. Even worse, some still live, in a nether world that strips them of any concept of human dignity. They stare at the camera and at me and Greg sitting there on the couch in suburban New Jersey.

My mother is furious. "This is what they did to us!"

Please Forgive My Absence

I haven't posted in a while. 

I did not "go fishing" and that isn't me in the photo. I did take the photo, at Cape May. 

I haven't posted for a few reasons. 

One is, this blog is a labor of love. It is not an income generating enterprise. I do have to earn money. Income generating activity comes first, and it's been a busy time.