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The Auschwitz Album

Incredibly powerful, moving, sad…. An album documenting some day to day events at the most famous of concentration camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau “The photos were taken at the end of May or beginning of June 1944, either by Ernst Hofmann or by Bernhard Walter, two SS men whose task was to take ID photos and fingerprints of […]

The Conscientious Objector

(cross posted at Word of Mouth Scale) The Conscientious Objector D has a great talent for finding small movies, indie gems and documentary gold. This week he found the compellingly told story of a Medal of Honor winner that NetFlix was streaming. When he put it on, I didn’t expect to be sucked in to […]

In Infamy

In Their Debt

(yes, I know it is an old image – it still fits. This year & every year Today & every day) ✏

Remembering Those Who Gave All

Thank you to the brave men & women who knew the high price of freedom and paid it, thanks to their loved ones who suffered a loss too many families have had to face. Thanks to those whose futures were lost to ensure our futures were preserved. Image from Cox & Forkum, 2003 ✏

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    Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
    Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
    In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
    True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
    Emma
    The Walls Have Ears : The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
    Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
    I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses
    B is for Bubblegum
    How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
    License to Parent: How My Career As a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids
    Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff
    On Liberty
    Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
    Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping
    The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
    Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide
    Hallowe'en Party
    If You Really Loved Me
    I Don't Need Therapy: and other lies I've told myself


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