tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564817750387962787.post6647505316443969069..comments2024-02-28T03:36:29.229-08:00Comments on (Jackson Street) Books on 7th: Nothing much interesting about Serenity's travels #5SeattleDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06985103979828794599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564817750387962787.post-54266284393049623402008-12-20T11:28:00.000-08:002008-12-20T11:28:00.000-08:00Hi Ludwik, and welcome!Serenity is our friend who ...Hi Ludwik, and welcome!<BR/>Serenity is our friend who is traveling through Germany just now and is sending me these wonderful travelogs to post. I'm sure she'll see this note, and hopefully be in touch as she can.<BR/><BR/>TammySeattleDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985103979828794599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564817750387962787.post-55739777109350248702008-12-20T10:50:00.000-08:002008-12-20T10:50:00.000-08:00The Internet (Google) showed me your website. Your...The Internet (Google) showed me your website. Your recollection about GDR was interesting, especially this:<BR/><BR/>"Kids in my generation were raised in the spirit of antifascism and antiracism. There was no anti-Semitism in my upbringing, not in my private life nor publically. The Holocaust was portrayed to us (e.g., in school) as the biggest crime against humanity in recent history, one that needed to be remembered in order for it to never happen again. There were memorials to it on the grounds of every school I went to, and every school class would go on field trips to concentration camp sites at least once or twice over the years."<BR/><BR/>2) I wish the same were true in today's Russia. As an author of a book on Stalinism, I am sensitive to this topic. A link to excerpts from my book is at the top of <BR/><BR/>http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/revcom.html<BR/><BR/>As you can see, I am seeking reviewers for my book, hopefully from people of different background. Your comments on the excerpts, if any, would be highly appreciated.<BR/><BR/>3) Our first snowy day (Near New York City) was yesterday. Happy Hanukkah (or should it be Mery Christmas?) to you. <BR/><BR/>Ludwik Kowalski (retired physics teacher)<BR/><BR/>kowalskil@mail.montclair.eduLudwik Kowalskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352305940031104480noreply@blogger.com