tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post1310201239637121758..comments2024-03-23T18:50:06.402+11:00Comments on journey & destination: Non Fiction: A Woman in Berlin (1954)Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-32472460720497179322021-03-07T17:35:07.332+11:002021-03-07T17:35:07.332+11:00Thanks, Shellyrae.Thanks, Shellyrae.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-80730683967624849112021-03-06T00:32:12.665+11:002021-03-06T00:32:12.665+11:00Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this book, ...Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this book, it’s obviously a very important record of history.shelleyrae @ book'd outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888977858862922561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-64768648320543889062021-02-16T19:04:21.754+11:002021-02-16T19:04:21.754+11:00Hi Marian, there's nothing fair in war. Stalin...Hi Marian, there's nothing fair in war. Stalin's atrocities went on for decades.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-11120735129888056042021-02-16T19:01:54.694+11:002021-02-16T19:01:54.694+11:00Hi Ruthiella, it's awful to think that certain...Hi Ruthiella, it's awful to think that certain things couldn't be discussed because of the shame connected to the atrocities. Something the author highlighted was the sense of community among the women who were affected when the Red Army overran Berlin but when their men returned after the war the subject was taboo.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-51290420002545874002021-02-16T14:18:49.413+11:002021-02-16T14:18:49.413+11:00I don't think I could read this, but I am glad...I don't think I could read this, but I am glad it exists. In our anti-Nazi narratives, it seems like the Ally atrocities against Germany and Japan are often neglected to be mentioned.Marian Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115916138435761469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-72309493407461416022021-02-15T17:03:37.525+11:002021-02-15T17:03:37.525+11:00I've not read this book but I've read abou...I've not read this book but I've read about it and how it was suppressed after the war in Germany - which astonishes and appalls me now. But then, I didn't live back then - so who knows what I might have felt had I lived through WWII. It is interesting how horrific events have a certain cycle to them in how they are reported and remembered and when. One of these days I will pick it up. Ruthiellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871834571645928819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-53037436135464567412021-02-12T18:44:41.777+11:002021-02-12T18:44:41.777+11:00Hi Mudpuddle, the 20th Century beats them all, I t...Hi Mudpuddle, the 20th Century beats them all, I think, considering the idea that we are supposed to be 'advancing.' Unfortunately, there is a very thin veneer on most of us. I noticed a little bit of that when COVID started last year. It didn't take long for every man for himself to emerge, especially in the toilet paper aisle!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-30095656686851744902021-02-12T18:41:35.864+11:002021-02-12T18:41:35.864+11:00Hi Brian, it's important to know that these th...Hi Brian, it's important to know that these things happened but it doesn't make for enjoyable reading!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-856086261717532502021-02-11T02:54:58.304+11:002021-02-11T02:54:58.304+11:00i have to avoid information like this, it gives me...i have to avoid information like this, it gives me nightmares... i sincerely wish humans were better than they are...mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647084124715892324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7546783121640385268.post-56779895792685693452021-02-11T00:41:03.941+11:002021-02-11T00:41:03.941+11:00I have read and seen other accounts from Berlin at...I have read and seen other accounts from Berlin at the time. They are often harrowing. I really should read this. I had not heard about those notes. Fascinating stuff.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com