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Elizabeth I Contracts Smallpox: How Her Illness Changed Her Appearance
Very interesting. The Tudors have always been a fascination of mine. It's nice to read about little known things about them.
AbbyFitz, on 10/10/2013
Visiting Auschwitz: Twenty Years After Writing my Dissertation About It
Thank you Jo. A painful reminder of what we can be like.
Fargy, on 10/10/2013
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
@Tolovaj - I find it interesting that he was such a private man. Dealing with fame and the public adoration must have been very difficult, even though I'm sure he appreciated it.
cmoneyspinner, on 10/10/2013
Last Night (2011), with Keira Knightley: A Gem. Movie Review
I rarely find a moment to enjoy the movie lately, because my time is limited. It is interesting to see how Keira Knightley is becoming stronger and stronger in her roles. Thanks for the recommendation!
Tolovaj, on 10/10/2013
Visiting Auschwitz: Twenty Years After Writing my Dissertation About It
I was still with the plot when I saw the room filled with hair. There was a lock at the back which curled in the same way as a lock of my way. That chilled me to the core, because I could imagine that lady with it. But then the rush to get to ...
JoHarrington, on 10/10/2013
Visiting Auschwitz: Twenty Years After Writing my Dissertation About It
I had visited Auschwitz probably around 20 years ago. I think I found the displays of suitcases, shoes, clothes etc. the most moving. They really bring it to you that real people went through the place.
As to your thoughts that it could ...
anitalite, on 10/10/2013
Visiting Auschwitz: Twenty Years After Writing my Dissertation About It
I'd forgotten that Stalin quotation, but yes, he nailed it. And yes, he'd know.
On the way in, my friend and I counted all of the reasons that we may have been eligible for being in that camp, had we been born at the wrong place and time. I ...
JoHarrington, on 10/10/2013
Visiting Auschwitz: Twenty Years After Writing my Dissertation About It
Jo: You can be profoundly moved by a single tragedy but you cannot get your head around a million, two million, six million. This, of course, does not belittle to scale of the catastrophe that befell Jews, Roma, homosexuals, "mental defectives" ...
RupertTaylor, on 10/10/2013
Start a Blog. Here's Why
Yes, I started a blog sooner than I had expected and I love it. It's a very specific niche-type blog, but I try to broaden the posts a bit. It's much easier to blog than I had ever imagined it would be. I pictured a steep learning curve, but ...
ologsinquito, on 10/10/2013
Bubblews - The Speak Freely Writing Platform
It's presumably a perennial thing for those growing up in the shadow of it. I wonder if you get to the point where it's so familiar that it no longer has the power to move you? Or if it ever did, for those born within its sight?
Ah! I see. I ...
JoHarrington, on 10/10/2013
Bubblews - The Speak Freely Writing Platform
I can believe the grating between the townsfolk of Oświęcim and the museum. I visited Buchenwald a decade ago and had the same feeling - they hated that it was a tourist destination but it was also, to me and my friend at least, a place of ...
Guest, on 10/10/2013
Bubblews - The Speak Freely Writing Platform
Our driver told us that there's been some antagonism between the people in the town and the museum. The former don't like how their place-name has become synonymous with a death camp. But on the other hand, the proximity brings a lot of ...
JoHarrington, on 10/10/2013
Visiting Auschwitz: Twenty Years After Writing my Dissertation About It
Shonna - So mote it be.
Ember - I would most certainly come back with you.
Rupert - Anne Frank's house is somewhere I'd like to visit too. Though I should imagine that it would be as upsetting for me as you found it to be. There you would ...
JoHarrington, on 10/10/2013
Visiting Auschwitz: Twenty Years After Writing my Dissertation About It
Mike - Thank you for your empathy. I wanted to tell it as truthfully as possible, because if it took me that way, with all that I'd studied, it might explain how others could feel that way too.
Children and the elderly are generally the first ...
JoHarrington, on 10/10/2013
The Paper Trap: A nightmare for you and your business
Thank you Emma. Appreciate you nice words.
JohnnyKnox, on 10/10/2013