I am going to print this out and plaster it everywhere I go
No but this is a heartbreaking and here’s why:
The man in the picture is Leon Greenman (prisoner 98288) and he is the Englishman that survived Auschwitz and pretty much every other death/concentration camp set up by the Nazis, and his story is quite remarkable.
I can’t remember the exact details, but he, his wife and his young child, all Jewish, lived in Rotterdam and during German occupation they were found out and sent to a concentration camp on the outskirts of Rotterdam. He had left his families British passports with friends back home, but the friends became afraid of hiding the passports of Jewish people so they burnt them. Leon requested multiple times for new passports so that they could get back to London, but the passports never arrived in time and Leon, his wife, and his child were separated and sent to Auschwitz. He never saw his wife or child again and he never remarried.
He was moved from camp to camp throughout the war, and collected mementos from each camp as he went, until they were liberated by the allies in 1945, and he gives a first hand insight of what the Holocaust was like and what happened afterwards to the people that survived in his book. It’s called “An Englishman in Auschwitz” and is a humbling read.
My history teacher used to work at the Imperial War Museum in London and she had the pleasure of meeting him and listening to his story before he passed away in 2008 aged 97. He worked closely with the Jewish Museum London and fought fascism for the remainder of his life.
Sadly, the Imperial War Museum didn’t find out about Leon’s passing until a member of staff who was meant to meet with him dropped by his house and found that it had been taken over by squatters, who had stolen and mistreated some of his belongings. The museum were only given a few hours to collect all of his mementos and historical items from his time in the concentration camps, and as a historian it’s just devastating to think about how all of these sentimental objects he collected were thrown aside like they were nothing
So if you see someone publicly preaching fascism and hate, think of Leon Greenman and all the other men, women, and children that endured the Holocaust, and teach that piece of scum a lesson
I did not know any of this. Thank you for the important addition.
I’m about to have to move in and crash with my brother and his girlfriend. She has 2 cats. I have 2 cats and a dog, as most of my followers probably already know.
Since moving 2 cats and a very large dog into an apartment with 2 cats is going to be insane, my mom is going babysit Arthur and I’m taking the cats with me. I’m putting Horatio’s Mad Hatter plushie in his traveling crate so he has something comforting with my and his smells on it for the trip and while we’re adjusting for the change. Unfortunately, I don’t know what to do for Nebula.
Honestly her favorite toy is Arthur’s blue tennis ball. She keeps trying to take it from him and play with it. She doesn’t really snuggle with any particular blanket or anything else. I’m not sure what to do here because the tennis ball is also one of Arthur’s favorite toys. He has others he likes to play with like an old shoe, and I’m really afraid if I give it to my mom, it’ll get lost in the backyard. But it is his ball, and it’s one of his favorites.
Like I don’t know that he’ll miss it. And having his smell around might make Nebula more comfortable somehow. They’re not BFFs or anything, but him not being around is another change, so I dunno.
A movie theater turned bookstore in San Diego, CA.
OKAY BUT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKSTORES
God I miss Borders in Palo Alto-
it was in a 1930′s vintage Varsity theatre- it was exquisite.
Where I live in Denton, TX (until the end of next week anyway) there is a used bookstore that was built inside an old opera house. It’s called Recycled and it’s over 3 stories tall.
There’s the entrance floor, then you can go downstairs to where they have an absolutely GIGANTIC history section and other nonfiction. OR you can go down a short ramp and wind up here.
Sci-fi, fantasy, art, etc. There’s also a decent sized kids section off to the left of this picture. Also to the left of this picture is a staircase that takes you up to classic literature and poetry.
Their prices are pretty good too AND they pay more for used books than Half Price does. It is by far my favorite place in town and I am really going to miss it.
The Paradox Machine 