While I doubt that I will ever travel to Europe, * *I did see a series of films while in college that were too real for comfort. The professor told us we could leave if any were too horrible for us. I did not leave but I have never forgotten the scenes from different films. Not only the various death chambers but also cities where Jewish citizens were walled up and left to starve to death. Even after all this time I sometimes wonder what would have I done if I was just an average German citizen or German soldier. I am glad I grew up in a time when such atrocities were covered in high school and college. My grandchildren probably wish I was not forever recommending books to add to their reading lists. I do not want history white washed. Marilyn On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Jerrian <jerrian.barsness@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Ellen, I have only seen these things in documentaries on TV. Even > then, > it turns one's stomach to think that human beings could do these things to > other people. Thank you for sharing. It is history. Genealogy is also > history. Happy New Year, Ellen! Jerrian > > -----Original Message----- > From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > bruce.mckown@wavelinx.net > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:21 PM > To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GN] "The Secret Holocaust" > > Until you walk thru one of the camps and feel the presence of those who > perished, can you fathom how horrendous it must have been. To see photo of > bodies stacked like piles of wood or brush, makes our world another > Eden. To look at the slaughtering trench and know where human beings > stood waiting to be slaughtered and are told that the trench once was full > of blood or look at the gas chambers and see the etching of names while > they > waited for pellets to fall thru the pipes in the top for mercy. > This may be gross and I may be kicked out the list but I have seen these > and > they are burned into my soul. ellen > > This book is an awesome read! If you have a Kindle or Kindle reader on > > your > > laptop it was free as of last night. > > > > The book comes from the diaries, notes, and photos kept by Nonna > > Bannister as she grew up in Russia and during her years in German > > Concentration Camps. Nonna remained silent about all she had seen and > > lived through until very late in her life. After her death her > > husband, children and their mates worked to publish her works. Nonna, > > a very intelligent woman knew that sometime all that she had seen and > > lived through needed to be told to aid in such atrocities not being > > repeated. > > > > I found this through the site posted by Cora Hendricks on Gen *Newbie: > > * http://www.ereaderiq.com/free/ > > * > > * > > *Marilyn * > > > > -- > > "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not > > appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our > > surroundings, and it starts your day differently." > > > > Johnny Cash > > > > ******************** > > > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash

Marilyn, one time I called the police (Germany) and asked what was the name of their states (as we know our) or what ever they were called and they told me that they didn't have such a division. Not just a nosy old woman but I wanted to know and off to the library I went. Yes, they do have such a division but it was not taught in their school system(However that was many years ago) and they did not cover the war as we did in our history and I am using the past tense on our school system as they do not stress history now and I doubt if my grandchildren (college age) even know the name of the Continents. "Readen, written, and rithmetic are not in fashion now." So much for my history lesson today. Have a great year and continue to make those reading lists. ellen While I doubt that I will ever travel to Europe, * *I did see a series of > films while in college that were too real for comfort. The professor told > us we could leave if any were too horrible for us. I did not leave but I > have never forgotten the scenes from different films. Not only the various > death chambers but also cities where Jewish citizens were walled up and > left to starve to death. Even after all this time I sometimes wonder what > would have I done if I was just an average German citizen or German > soldier. > > I am glad I grew up in a time when such atrocities were covered in high > school and college. My grandchildren probably wish I was not forever > recommending books to add to their reading lists. I do not want history > white washed. > > Marilyn > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Jerrian <jerrian.barsness@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Ellen, I have only seen these things in documentaries on TV. Even >> then, >> it turns one's stomach to think that human beings could do these things >> to >> other people. Thank you for sharing. It is history. Genealogy is also >> history. Happy New Year, Ellen! Jerrian >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> bruce.mckown@wavelinx.net >> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:21 PM >> To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [GN] "The Secret Holocaust" >> >> Until you walk thru one of the camps and feel the presence of those who >> perished, can you fathom how horrendous it must have been. To see photo >> of >> bodies stacked like piles of wood or brush, makes our world another >> Eden. To look at the slaughtering trench and know where human beings >> stood waiting to be slaughtered and are told that the trench once was >> full >> of blood or look at the gas chambers and see the etching of names while >> they >> waited for pellets to fall thru the pipes in the top for mercy. >> This may be gross and I may be kicked out the list but I have seen these >> and >> they are burned into my soul. ellen >> >> This book is an awesome read! If you have a Kindle or Kindle reader on >> > your >> > laptop it was free as of last night. >> > >> > The book comes from the diaries, notes, and photos kept by Nonna >> > Bannister as she grew up in Russia and during her years in German >> > Concentration Camps. Nonna remained silent about all she had seen and >> > lived through until very late in her life. After her death her >> > husband, children and their mates worked to publish her works. Nonna, >> > a very intelligent woman knew that sometime all that she had seen and >> > lived through needed to be told to aid in such atrocities not being >> > repeated. >> > >> > I found this through the site posted by Cora Hendricks on Gen *Newbie: >> > * http://www.ereaderiq.com/free/ >> > * >> > * >> > *Marilyn * >> > >> > -- >> > "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not >> > appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our >> > surroundings, and it starts your day differently." >> > >> > Johnny Cash >> > >> > ******************** >> > >> > Gen-Newbie's website: >> > >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> >> >> ******************** >> >> Gen-Newbie's website: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ******************** >> >> Gen-Newbie's website: >> >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not > appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, > and it starts your day differently." > > Johnny Cash > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Marilyn...you are so right....we must not let history be white-washed....any history. Some people in Texas have tried to rewrite our schools history books, and it is a crime what they are doing. Until we can put a stop to all "rewrites" of all history, and changing other subjects to suit themselves, we are in danger from these people. BB <snip> While I doubt that I will ever travel to Europe, * *I did see a series of films while in college that were too real for comfort. The professor told us we could leave if any were too horrible for us. I did not leave but I have never forgotten the scenes from different films. Not only the various death chambers but also cities where Jewish citizens were walled up and left to starve to death. Even after all this time I sometimes wonder what would have I done if I was just an average German citizen or German soldier. I am glad I grew up in a time when such atrocities were covered in high school and college. My grandchildren probably wish I was not forever recommending books to add to their reading lists. I do not want history white washed. Marilyn ____