Friday, October 14, 2005

Three posts about the same book? Sorry, but I just finished that diary, and man, they need to make a movie about it. Since I reported last:
  • The remaining Jews, the guy included, received orders to appear at SS headquarters in two days times with a packed suitcase, for what everyone knew was a death march. He was one of the ones that had to go help deliver the orders.
  • The night before they were supposed to appear, Dresden was firebombed.
  • In the resulting confusion he decided to cut the Jewish star off his jacket and run for it.
  • He and his wife joined the throngs of refugees fleeing the city.
  • Through a series of close calls, phony ids, and continual near starvation, they make their way as far as Munich.
  • They are near Dachau when the Americans arrive, and he witnessed survivors, the walking dead, still in their blue and white striped linen.
    It all reads like Hollywood. Perhaps most interesting were his reports of the reactions of the people as the war ended and they came to realize that they had been fed humongous pack of lies. Naturally, those that were clued in knew all along (including all the atrocities); on the other end of the spectrum, there were plenty who kept on believing, but of course denied involvement.
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