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lastlib

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14. I remember reading about it in fifth grade......
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 03:03 PM
Dec 2016

My teacher handed me a book about Adolf Hitler's rise, and it told a little bit about Lidice (since the book was aimed at a school-age audience, it was probably greatly sanitized.)

You are right--it needs to be taught to our youth early. Those who don't know history cannot learn its lessons. I would be surprised if more than a couple other students in my age got the chance to learn this. I got the chance because I was far ahead of the rest of my class and my teacher had to give me something more challenging to keep me engaged.

... shenmue Dec 2016 #1
Yes. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #2
Frequently, the stories of the extermination of people Ilsa Dec 2016 #3
. irisblue Dec 2016 #4
Omg.This is heart-wrenching. octoberlib Dec 2016 #5
I've never even heard of this. DK504 Dec 2016 #6
I remember reading about it in fifth grade...... lastlib Dec 2016 #14
Reminds me of that first scene in "The World At War" Archae Dec 2016 #7
Thank you, sheshe mobeau69 Dec 2016 #8
Thanks mobeau. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #12
Two decades sheshe2 Dec 2016 #9
Sheshe, I appreciate you posting this. classof56 Dec 2016 #10
I never knew of it before a few years ago. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #11
heartbroken k and r for the horror of which humans are capable, and for the love and compassion niyad Dec 2016 #13
K & R Scurrilous Dec 2016 #15
Thank you. I learned this story while in the 8th grade and have never forgotten it. kairos12 Dec 2016 #16
. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #17
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