Tag: world war ii

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+ appalachia, Japan, Philippines, ron rash, salman rushdie, world war ii

The Construction of Enemies in Ron Rash’s “Return”

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All of us, no matter how hard we try, succumb to preconceived stereotypes and the construction of others who may disagree with us enemies. Salman Rushdie discusses this extensively in his memoir Knife as he writes about his stabbing in August 2022 at the Chautauqua Institute. During a fictionalized interview with his would be assassin, Rushdie tells the man, “I know that it is possible to … Read More The Construction of Enemies in Ron Rash’s “Return”

+ adolf eichmann, holocaust, mahmoud khalil, Rolf Hochhuth, The Deputy, wannsee conference, world war ii

We Must Not Be Complicit

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On January 20, 1942, high-ranking members of the Nazi party met at Wannsee, right out side of Berlin, to begin the implementation of the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” Reinhard Heydrich tasked Adolf Eichmann with organizing the conference, since Eichmann was a director of Jewish Affairs. Hannah Arendt, in Eichmann in Jerusalem, describes the discussion of the Wannsee Conference as focusing “first on ‘complicated … Read More We Must Not Be Complicit

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+ holocaust, nazi, Pope Pius XII, Rolf Hochhuth, The Deputy, world war ii

“Fascism is invincible only with us”: The Church and Acquiescence to Fascism

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Whenever I go to a used bookstore, I typically find a book I have never heard of and pick it up. On one such trip, I saw a copy of Rolf Hochhuth’s The Deputy, A Christian Tragedy (1963) for 0.75¢. The description on the back of the book intrigued me because it points out that the play caused a controversy when it premiered because … Read More “Fascism is invincible only with us”: The Church and Acquiescence to Fascism

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+ anna seghers, belonging: a german reckons with history and home, history, holocaust, lillian e smith, nora krug, world war ii

We Must Remain Ever Vigilant of Ourselves

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The generational trauma of oppression impacts everyone involved: the oppressed and the oppressor alike. While the trauma does not impact each in the same manner, it creates psychological trauma that each must endure. Lillian Smith points this out in Killers of the Dream when she writes “that the warped, distorted frame we have put around every negro child from birth is around every white … Read More We Must Remain Ever Vigilant of Ourselves

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+ belonging: a german reckons with history and home, germany, history, holocaust, nazi, nora krug, world war ii

You Can Never be Apolitical

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In Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home, Nora Krug traces her family’s history and digs deep into the role her family members played during World War II, specifically asking if they were active participants in the violence that the Nazis enacted on others. She grapples with her uncle Frank-Karl’s involvement and the ideologies he imbibed from a young age, as part of the … Read More You Can Never be Apolitical

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