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Duly Noted
’[Reinhard] Heydrich reported 7,500 Jewish businesses destroyed, 267 synagogues burned (with 177 totally destroyed) and 91 Jews murdered during Kristallnacht. Heydrich then requested new decrees forbidding Jews from having any social contact with Germans by excluding them from public transportation, … Continue reading →
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Annihilation
I’m watching Shoah again. Haven’t seen it since it aired on PBS in 1986 or so. Just as shattering as I remember. From « Shoah Film Handouts »: ‘Henrik Gawkowski (Malkinia) — heard the screams coming from the cars behind his locomotive. … Continue reading →
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It Was Bound to Happen Eventually
I’ve been pretty lucky thus far in my largely pedestrian life in Ann Arbor, because I have a vigilant attitude about vehicular traffic, honed over the years as a pedestrian in the notoriously high-traffic Bay Area. I’ve learned how to … Continue reading →