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This is a response to the person(s) who trolled me with images of vicious and cruel anti-semitic slurs and comments.
Your intention to scare and make me vulnerable worked. You succeeded at first, but only for a brief moment.
You purport the Holocaust never happened, while also suggesting that survivors of WW2 all fabricated similar testimonies. It is the single most documented piece of history in the world today. Nazi's don't deny the Holocaust; when in fact, were ...more
This is a response to the person(s) who trolled me with images of vicious and cruel anti-semitic slurs and comments.
Your intention to scare and make me vulnerable worked. You succeeded at first, but only for a brief moment.
You purport the Holocaust never happened, while also suggesting that survivors of WW2 all fabricated similar testimonies. It is the single most documented piece of history in the world today. Nazi's don't deny the Holocaust; when in fact, were ...more
Aug 22, 2022
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Book on CD performed by Judith Light
A slightly different take on the usual WW2 stories. Hanni Kohn recognizes the imminent danger the Nazi’s pose, so she goes to a rabbi for help. But it is the rabbi’s daughter, Ettie, who offers to make the mystical golem who will protect Hanni’s daughter, Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she will join with Lea and Ettie to escape to France. Although separated their paths are fated to intersect.
I was skeptical about reading another WW2 story, but Hoffman’s wr ...more
A slightly different take on the usual WW2 stories. Hanni Kohn recognizes the imminent danger the Nazi’s pose, so she goes to a rabbi for help. But it is the rabbi’s daughter, Ettie, who offers to make the mystical golem who will protect Hanni’s daughter, Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she will join with Lea and Ettie to escape to France. Although separated their paths are fated to intersect.
I was skeptical about reading another WW2 story, but Hoffman’s wr ...more
RATING: 4 STARS
2019; Simon & Schuster Canada
The World that We Knew is a gorgeous heart wrenching read. This novel is pure Alice Hoffman magic, literally. Hoffman tells a tale set in Europe during World War II, and adds magic realism in a way that give this story a folktale feel. Hanni Kohn sees the the changing times in Berlin, and knows she must get her twelve year old daughter, Lea away from the turmoil. She turns to a rabbi and his daughter, Ettie.
"...Ettie, who offers hope of salvation when ...more
2019; Simon & Schuster Canada
The World that We Knew is a gorgeous heart wrenching read. This novel is pure Alice Hoffman magic, literally. Hoffman tells a tale set in Europe during World War II, and adds magic realism in a way that give this story a folktale feel. Hanni Kohn sees the the changing times in Berlin, and knows she must get her twelve year old daughter, Lea away from the turmoil. She turns to a rabbi and his daughter, Ettie.
"...Ettie, who offers hope of salvation when ...more
Mar 21, 2019
debbicat *made of stardust*
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Mar 18, 2019
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Apr 04, 2019
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