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nonenal, a smell related to a chemical change in body odor in elderly humans.
“Human Universalism! The belief that all people today are fully and equally human. This posits that people from all societies of the world are inherently equal, and that all cultures have value.”
“So, if we can accept that as a species we are equally capable, then anthropology, at its core, is the attempt to understand how we grew to be so different.”
Herr Hauptscharführer.
back. “Herr Hauptscharführer, I have been ordered to leave this afternoon.”
Is this Adolf
“I need replicas of these,” he said. “Perfect replicas. In every way.”
Operation Bernhard and operated for years as one of the
In a separate piece of correspondence, hidden away by Fawcett’s family for years, it was the explorer’s youngest son who finally cracked, handing it over to SS Officer Erhard Ottman after a rather intense episode of persuasion.
A handwritten letter that one of Krüger’s forgers was now making an exact replica of. Three copies. One for the Führer. One for Heinrich Himmler. And a third for Ottman himself, who was now watching while absently fingering the golden letter “A” on his coat--the pin for a founding member of the terrifying Ahnenerbe, later to be known as the Nazi SS.
is. And I’m here to tell you none of it matters. None of it. Just love. It’s our only real protection against the world out there. Everything else is just some veiled disguise of meaninglessness. You just have to realize it in time.”
“After we become adults, I’m afraid we begin to see the world for what it really is. A constant struggle. Not just to survive or prosper, but to actually find meaning in all of it. To find reason.”
“Don’t be afraid of the future, sweetheart. Be afraid of missing the present.”
“Sweetheart, living is not about missing those who have left. It’s about caring for those who are still there.”
