"Photos of skeletal Jews in concentration camps must be considered in context..."
Indeed. The Germans were being starved by the allies. The first people who would suffer this fate would be the prisoners . Of course the German civilians would be fed first, what little food there was. Also my understanding (and it may be mistaken or plan wrong) was that German prisoner's heads were shaved because a typhus epidemic was raging throughout Europe. Shaved heads were not some sort of sadistic ritual imposed on German prisoners.
And America had its own concentration camps; thousands of Americans of Japanese ancestory (many second or third generation who had never set foot in Japan) were rounded up and put in camps in remote regions of the western U.S. by Roosevelt. (Whom I otherwise consider to be the second greatest president in U.S. history after Lincoln who's greatness was not to free the slaves but to hold the Union together and to show the world that a democratic republic "of the people, by the people and for the people...shall not perish from this earth..." And as a result of his example most of the world today is made up of democratic republics rather than adhering to the tradition of monarchies and fiefdoms.)
There is a subtext here, Linh. Paradoxically, it offers hope. In the end, the horror ceases. The starvation and imprisonment and torturing and murder and endless human abuse...it ends! At one time or another, for one reason or another, it always stops. History adjusts, and then moves on.
Hi Mr. Dinh, Just to let you know, the last two times I posted on the comment section of your blog my comments were cut off. I only mention this because several months ago this was happening and you indicated you did not know about it or why it was happening and that it was not your intent to cut comments short.
Having said that it is certainly your prerogative to do what ever you want with your blog posts and the comment section. I imagine you could even eliminate the comment section completely if you wanted to. Or at least block pesky commentators (like me).
I just wanted to let you know this was happening again in case you weren't aware and wanted to address it.
Best regards and thank you for the always insightful and edifying essays and photos.
I have no idea why that happened. I imagine it's a technical glitch and not Google messing with my blog.
Years ago when I still received invitations from universities to give readings, I thought Yahoo! mail could sabotage this by blocking invitations. If they can shadow ban us they can also block opportunities or private emails to ruin relationships.
From Thailand, Ho Chi Minh wrote to his Chinese wife in Hong Kong, but French intelligence intercepted this letter. The poor woman just thought Ho had forgotten about her. Whether Ho decided to do so, or the Party forced him to do it, the Chinese wife was erased. Even today, there's no mention of her name in Vietnamese publications.
"Photos of skeletal Jews in concentration camps must be considered in context..."
Indeed. The Germans were being starved by the allies. The first people who would suffer this fate would be the prisoners . Of course the German civilians would be fed first, what little food there was. Also my understanding (and it may be mistaken or plan wrong) was that German prisoner's heads were shaved because a typhus epidemic was raging throughout Europe. Shaved heads were not some sort of sadistic ritual imposed on German prisoners.
And America had its own concentration camps; thousands of Americans of Japanese ancestory (many second or third generation who had never set foot in Japan) were rounded up and put in camps in remote regions of the western U.S. by Roosevelt. (Whom I otherwise consider to be the second greatest president in U.S. history after Lincoln who's greatness was not to free the slaves but to hold the Union together and to show the world that a democratic republic "of the people, by the people and for the people...shall not perish from this earth..." And as a result of his example most of the world today is made up of democratic republics rather than adhering to the tradition of monarchies and fiefdoms.)
There is a subtext here, Linh. Paradoxically, it offers hope. In the end, the horror ceases. The starvation and imprisonment and torturing and murder and endless human abuse...it ends! At one time or another, for one reason or another, it always stops. History adjusts, and then moves on.
Hi Mr. Dinh, Just to let you know, the last two times I posted on the comment section of your blog my comments were cut off. I only mention this because several months ago this was happening and you indicated you did not know about it or why it was happening and that it was not your intent to cut comments short.
Having said that it is certainly your prerogative to do what ever you want with your blog posts and the comment section. I imagine you could even eliminate the comment section completely if you wanted to. Or at least block pesky commentators (like me).
I just wanted to let you know this was happening again in case you weren't aware and wanted to address it.
Best regards and thank you for the always insightful and edifying essays and photos.
Hi Tom,
I have no idea why that happened. I imagine it's a technical glitch and not Google messing with my blog.
Years ago when I still received invitations from universities to give readings, I thought Yahoo! mail could sabotage this by blocking invitations. If they can shadow ban us they can also block opportunities or private emails to ruin relationships.
From Thailand, Ho Chi Minh wrote to his Chinese wife in Hong Kong, but French intelligence intercepted this letter. The poor woman just thought Ho had forgotten about her. Whether Ho decided to do so, or the Party forced him to do it, the Chinese wife was erased. Even today, there's no mention of her name in Vietnamese publications.
Linh
Not respecting private communications between individuals is a truly despicable act by the powers that be.