tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813320111407197840.post828372832612656122..comments2023-10-22T15:36:45.914+03:00Comments on Books And So Many More Books: The Boy In The Striped Pajamas - John Boynemyzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08569119583551676481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813320111407197840.post-13843997588653678392009-08-29T10:13:08.207+03:002009-08-29T10:13:08.207+03:00Up until recently I hadn't really read much ab...Up until recently I hadn't really read much about <a href="http://www.abandonedandforgotten.com/" rel="nofollow"> World War II </a> in the perspective of the German people. However I just finished reading a book titled, "Abandoned and Forgotten," by Evelyne Tannehill which is a true life story seen through a little girl's eyes (the author). Much has been written abut WWII, especially the Holocaust, but there is not much literature about what a large segment of the German civilian population went through during that terrible war – those who wanted no part of Hitler’s regime, but who were trapped in a situation from which there was no escape. You either obeyed orders or you were shot for disobedience or treason. The author's father was incarceration for merely speaking out against Hitler’s regime. I think people were brainwashed and bullied into it. I haven't yet read "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas," but have been wanting to read it for quite sometime.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957358850375701366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813320111407197840.post-23286487596582594022009-08-13T17:33:49.389+03:002009-08-13T17:33:49.389+03:00I think that most books about WWII, especially the...I think that most books about WWII, especially the concentration camps are really very sad and heartbreaking. From what i learned about the Holocaust and the camps I can say that it is entirely possible that this boy was kept in ignorance, millions of regular, German citizens were. That was one of the things what kept the whole operation going,as Nietzsche once said: "Ignorance is Power" and Hitler wholeheartedly believed it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127042690689033583noreply@blogger.com