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“In the Vilnius ghetto, the news of German setbacks in the Soviet Union in the opening weeks of 1943 resulted in an upsurge of grim humour, as Herman Kruk recorded in his diary: A German asks a Jew to lend him 20 roubles. The Jew immediately takes the sum out of his pocket and gives it to him. The German wonders: ‘How can this be? You don’t know me at all, and you trust me with such a sum?’ I have the fullest trust in the Germans,’ answers the Jew. ‘You took Stalingrad and gave it back; you took Kharkov and gave it back. I’m sure that you will give me back my 20 roubles.’ What is the difference between General Rommel and a watch? A watch goes tick-tock and goes forward; Rommel goes tock-tick and goes backward … What city is the largest in the world? Stalingrad, because it took the Germans months to get from the outskirts to the centre.6”
― Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust
― Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust
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“One of the men in Plagge’s HKP 562 who was remembered by many of the Jews for his kindness was a Feldwebel (sergeant) from the city of Chemnitz in Saxony, named Berger – unfortunately, his first name is not known and it has proved impossible to discover his fate. He was standing with a group of Plagge’s Jewish workers when another group of Jews was marched past, on their way to Ponary. Berger exclaimed while watching the Jews being driven to their deaths: ‘What these scum perpetrate here in the name of the German people – centuries will not suffice for us to cleanse ourselves!’49”
― Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust
― Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust
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“- Брось старина, не валяй дурака. Подпиши эту гадость, - сказал Хедрон, склоняясь над Кругом и опуская кулак с трубкой ему на плечо. - Много ли она значит, в конце-то концов? Поставь свою коммерчески ценную закорючку. Брось! Никто не тронет наших кругов, - но где-то же нужно нам их рисовать.
- Не в грязи, сэр, не в грязи, - сказал Круг, улыбнувшись первой за этот вечер улыбкой.
- Да ну, не будь надутым педантом, - сказал Хедрон. Зачем тебе нужно, чтобы я чувствовал себя так неловко? Я подписал, и мои боги не шелохнулись.
Не поднимая глаз, Круг поднял руку и тронул твидовый рукав Хедрона.
-Все в порядке, - сказал он. - Пока ты рисуешь свои круги и показываешь моему мальчику фокусы, черта ли мне в твоей морали.”
― Bend Sinister
- Не в грязи, сэр, не в грязи, - сказал Круг, улыбнувшись первой за этот вечер улыбкой.
- Да ну, не будь надутым педантом, - сказал Хедрон. Зачем тебе нужно, чтобы я чувствовал себя так неловко? Я подписал, и мои боги не шелохнулись.
Не поднимая глаз, Круг поднял руку и тронул твидовый рукав Хедрона.
-Все в порядке, - сказал он. - Пока ты рисуешь свои круги и показываешь моему мальчику фокусы, черта ли мне в твоей морали.”
― Bend Sinister
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“An occupation numbs a city’s vitality, the vitality that makes urban life attractive. Soon the citizen begins to feel alienated, disconnected from a familiar environment; though he is still physically engaged with the city, his emotional attachment to it weakens. Previously confident of his urban sophistication, which had allowed him to navigate a complex environment, he becomes tentative, anxious, angry, and impatient as he wonders how long before “his” city returns to him. One of the ironies is that an occupied city brings its citizens closer together physically—in lines, in movie houses, in cafés for warmth, in smaller living spaces, in crowded buses and trains—but separates them emotionally and sentimentally.”
― When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-44
― When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-44
“Violence meant to seize and shore up power—a claim to sovereignty through the violence of the mob—is fundamentally American.”
― Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
― Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past
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