Nancy
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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch:
What inspired you to write about World War books and Hitler's inhumanity?
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Dear Nancy,
I was inspired to write my WWII novels because I hadn't been able to find novels that reflected the reality of Ukrainian victims and survivors, many of whom survived Hitler's atrocities by the skin of their teeth, only to be subjected to the same by Stalin. Many WWII novels focus on Hitler, while ignoring Stalin, yet both were perpetrators of genocide. That's kind of like trying to describe an elephant blindfolded, and only feeling the tail. We are doomed to repeat the history that we forget or ignore, and writing these books was my effort to help us avoid that fate. I am in mourning today, given what seems to be unfolding in the world.
I was inspired to write my WWII novels because I hadn't been able to find novels that reflected the reality of Ukrainian victims and survivors, many of whom survived Hitler's atrocities by the skin of their teeth, only to be subjected to the same by Stalin. Many WWII novels focus on Hitler, while ignoring Stalin, yet both were perpetrators of genocide. That's kind of like trying to describe an elephant blindfolded, and only feeling the tail. We are doomed to repeat the history that we forget or ignore, and writing these books was my effort to help us avoid that fate. I am in mourning today, given what seems to be unfolding in the world.
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I recently used Making Bombs For Hitler for a jr book club activity with some bright/gifted 5th graders. We had one student who disliked the book because he felt it was extremely biased against the German people in general. The rest of us didn't see that as your intent. We thought you were merely presenting the POV of prisoners shaped by their personal experiences. How would you address this one student's view? Thanks
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