Reading Wednesday

[sabotabby]

Just finished: Nothing.

Currently reading: Still working my way through Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple. I'm now up to the Warsaw Ghetto, so of course it's bleak stuff, with our protagonists having increasingly fewer less-bad choices as the Nazi regime closes in on them.

Of course a lot leading up to this is the question of "when do we flee?" a question that definitely bears no relevance to anyone today. The answer is more or less implied in the title and, well, we know what happened with the Warsaw Ghetto. A few activists were deemed too valuable to let die and were smuggled out. Many had left before. There was never going to be any way to save everyone, or even most people.

It's a weirdly good way to connect with my heritage. I relate to the fact that even in the worst moment in history my people have ever known, we still found time to fight with Zionists and tankies. There is light even in the darkness.

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[sovay]

I'm now up to the Warsaw Ghetto, so of course it's bleak stuff, with our protagonists having increasingly fewer less-bad choices as the Nazi regime closes in on them.

The Oyneg Shabes matter a lot to me. [edit] There's a movie review about this. But also I believe in the importance of the archive of history.

I am glad the connections are holding for you.

[sabotabby]

Thank you for that.

Something I failed to mention as well was the degree to which especially young people in the Warsaw Ghetto risked their lives to have poetry readings. That struck a chord.

[sovay]

Something I failed to mention as well was the degree to which especially young people in the Warsaw Ghetto risked their lives to have poetry readings. That struck a chord.

Yes. Yung-Vilne was like that. It does resonate.

*hugs*

[greylock]

Of course a lot leading up to this is the question of "when do we flee?"

Well, that chilled me to my bone.
(Admittedly, I'm sweet in a fash world, and I live somewhere where fleeing isn't an option).

A few activists were deemed too valuable to let die

Not going to lie, I've always struggled to grok this idea.

[greylock]

In otter gnus, BEHOLD THE MASTER RACE
https://old.reddit.com/r/friendlyjordies/comments/1syomvj/man_who_booed_the_welcome_to_country_at_the_anzac/

(Don't tell mum and dad!)

[blogcutter]

Sounds like a book I should tackle eventually, right after I get through my current read, another rather bleak, apocalyptic book called Blight