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KitSileya

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2. I was just going to remark that I knew Alma Rosé's story from Fenelon's book.
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 09:00 AM
Jun 2015

I read it 25 years ago, and in fact mentioned it in conversation as recently as today. It made an indelible impression on me. Fenelon describes an argument they had in the orchestra barracks about unhappiness that really blew my 15-year old mind.

Some have criticized Rosé for co-operating too much with Maria Mandel, but I think that's hogwash. To retain a dignity and professionalism in that environment was the ultimate f(/& you to the Germans who thought that Jews were lower than animals.

As the granddaughter of a German soldier who served in Norway, I read pretty much all the Nacht und Nebel books, biographies and autobiographies written by survivors from the concentration camp system, as a teenager. I may never have met my grandfather, but I am determined not to forget what my family had a hand in, and to learn the lesson so that it will not be repeated.

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