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Gibletbiggot t1_j1fexak wrote

Reply to comment by 2plus2equalscats in Gerda Weissman Klein was one of only 120 survivors of a 350 mile Death March during the Holocaust; it began with over 4,000 people. In this clip she tells of the last time she ever saw her father, and credits her survival to the intuitive last words he spoke to her. by asday515

It's short and intense. It's one of my all time favorite books. It's incredibly vivid and blunt in its brutality. Seen through the eyes of a child and told by the young adult who has to deal with that story. I couldn't stop reading it.

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Gibletbiggot t1_j1d0mxg wrote

Reply to comment by monos_muertos in Gerda Weissman Klein was one of only 120 survivors of a 350 mile Death March during the Holocaust; it began with over 4,000 people. In this clip she tells of the last time she ever saw her father, and credits her survival to the intuitive last words he spoke to her. by asday515

I know. We are just hairless apes. Our society has evolved rapidly but our minds are still almost exactly the same as they were in the bronze age. Brutality is part of us like anything else. I just hope we can make it less and less hearing these stories.

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Gibletbiggot t1_j1cxxoq wrote

Reply to Gerda Weissman Klein was one of only 120 survivors of a 350 mile Death March during the Holocaust; it began with over 4,000 people. In this clip she tells of the last time she ever saw her father, and credits her survival to the intuitive last words he spoke to her. by asday515

I remember reading about similar circumstances in the book Night by Elie Wiesel. The brutality of the holocaust is something I find truly disturbing and yet I crave the knowledge. These stories are why we study History in our society. It is imperative to do our best to never repeat the atrocities so many societies have committed, including our own.

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