Auschwitz Not long ago, Not far away.

[JayBreww]

The most powerful 120 pages you will ever read (well, except perhaps for the Bible) are contained in this book. If you ever read and have time to read only 120 pages I implore you to read this incredible (TRUE STORY) book...

Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man.

It's $6.27 on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Night-Elie-Wiesel/dp/0374500010

Good to see that book is still a read in highschools.
We read that in junior high, and he came and spoke to our class.

 

[76 Hondo]

A lot to respond to, this exhibit is on the list to see real soon.
My 8th grade math teacher was a survivor of the Bataan death March. was in his class when we heard JFK was assassinated.
We run the I-10 all the time, but have never gone into the Patten exhibit, that will change. Always promised the kids we would stop at the Dinosaurs too and that never happened until it was Granddaughter time
My Son in Law and Daughter were stationed in Okinawa, Marine helicopter pilot, gave us the opportunity to visit Japan and Okinawa, both my Father and my Wife’s Father fought in the Pacific, my Father’s destroyer was sunk during the Battle of Okinawa.
Visited the Peace Memorial there in Okinawa, the journals written by the Okinawians, were heartbreaking, the Japanese treated the Okinawians as an inferior race, conscripting their children into service.

 

[cole_skier]

I just finished the book. I am trying to find the words to describe how I feel but can’t. Everyone should have to read this book.

 

[kurtis500]

read ths one too. Its from the guy that ran the camps

Amazon.com

 

[4Waters]

I just finished the book. I am trying to find the words to describe how I feel but can’t. Everyone should have to read this book.

I'm going to start it tonight

 

[rrrr]

If you ever make it to Israel Yad Vashem is a worthwhile exhibit that is very worth your time.

I think for a lot of Germans it was a very fine line from toeing the line and going over the cliff to being the Righteous Among the Nations.

Your post brought a little sting to my eyes at the mention of the Righteous Among the Nations. The stories of those so honored reaffirm one's faith in the ability of the individual to make a difference in this world.

The recognition of the Righteous by Yad Vashem acknowledges deeds of extraordinary bravery and humanity that took place during a time when those virtues were almost non-existent.

About the Righteous

The Righteous Among the Nations, honored by Yad Vashem, are non-Jews who took great risks to save Jews during the Holocaust. Rescue took many forms and the Righteous came from different nations, religions and walks of life. What they had in common was that they protected their Jewish neighbors...

www.yadvashem.org

Featured Stories | The Righteous Among the Nations

Featured here are several dozen stories of Righteous Among the Nations arranged by topics and by countries. All the Righteous Among the Nations recognized by Yad Vashem are included in the Database of the Righteous.The “Pianist”’s Rescuer: Wilhelm (Wilm) HosenfeldRescue in the Sewers: Leopold &...

www.yadvashem.org

 

[WhatExit?]

I just finished the book. I am trying to find the words to describe how I feel but can’t. Everyone should have to read this book.

Thanks for sharing your experience and "everyone should have to read this book"

 

[boatpi]

If you have not been, the Museum of tolerance in West Los Angeles has another great cultural experience.

 

[RiverDave]

@4Waters thank you for posting this. The Regan library is a crown jewel of Socal and puts on the best exhibitions. It's refreshing to see a non anti-semitic post and conversation on this website.

You see a lot of anti semitism on here?

 

[WhatExit?]

I'm going to start it tonight

Not to put any pressure on you but I am curious to get your thoughts on the book

 

[4Waters]

Not to put any pressure on you but I am curious to get your thoughts on the book

Been busy but I'm about 1/2 way, so far WOW

 

[retaocleg]

If you have not been, the Museum of tolerance in West Los Angeles has another great cultural experience.

been there twice, the interactive exhibits really immerse you so you get a feel for what they went through

 

[Racer56]

You see a lot of anti semitism on here?

Not a lot, but I have seen it in the past.

 

[Echo Lodge]

I just finished the book. I am trying to find the words to describe how I feel but can’t. Everyone should have to read this book.

I listen to the ebook last Trip to the River. Incredible what a person can endure.

 

[4Waters]

Coming up on the last few weeks, if you want to see this (highly recommended) you better get it planned

 

[stephenkatsea]

I’ve often said the only things I miss about CA are the Eastern High Sierras and the Owens Valley. Having just re read this thread, I’d forgotten how much the Reagan Library meant to me and our family. It was just down Santa Rosa Rd. We do miss the Reagan Library. Always an amazing place.

 

[Lumpy]

Again,
This IS a must SEE!

General Patton Memorial Museum - Chiriaco Summit

The mission of the General Patton Memorial Museum is to promote peace by honoring the service and sacrifice of America’s veterans.

generalpattonmuseum.com

 

[SoCalDave]

Just started this read 10 minutes ago.

 

[JayBreww]

Just started this read 10 minutes ago.

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It’s good, I mentioned it before in the thread but we read it in high school circa 2010-2011.

 

[SoCalDave]

Fukin brutal to read...

 

[Sherpa]

Covid-esq of “ just take this vaccine and you’ll be fine…. The line starts down there where those busses will take you to the vaccine center…

-Sherpa

 

[Willie B]

…Can’t read the thread…but the love of of my lifes father…marched into Ashuawits at the end of the war…said the smell was atrocious and overpowering…

 

[4Waters]

Just got an email that they extended the exhibit through the end of the year due to demand

 

[76 Hondo]

Wife and I went last week, we all know some of the stories, but the videos of the survivors is incredible.

 

[4Waters]

Wife and I went last week, we all know some of the stories, but the videos of the survivors is incredible.

Some of those were gut wrenching

 

[MPHSystems]

I've been to the Dachau concentration camp. It is open for tourists to view. Pretty damn sobering.

Did you go in the showers? Thats an experience I will never forget.

 

[4Waters]

Did you go in the showers? Thats an experience I will never forget.

I would love to go there as I had a patient that was a guard there.

 

[RVR SWPR]

 

[MPHSystems]

I would love to go there as I had a patient that was a guard there.

Dachau was the only camp inside Germany. It’s a rough tour. All that’s left are the foundations of the barracks and there are some reproduction barracks. The showers and crematoriums and administration buildings are still there. The thing that really got me was a photograph of a room about 800 sqrft, filled about 5’ high with shoes. Each pair of shoes represented a person killed. The shoes were collected because used shoes are better than no boots and infantry were losing their feet in Barbarossa because they couldn’t supply foot ware to their solders. War is hell.