I had the same experience, Adina. Everyone in my brother-in-law's family with numbers on their arms seemed almost matter of fact, as if they had moved on, and I was a wide-eyed five-year-old kid looking at numbers engraved into forearms and wishing I could ask them what it meant and what their experience was like. But their family was moving on. My father, who fled the Soviet Union, from what is now Ukraine, didn't talk much about his pain, but would always warn that one day the pendulum could swing back that way. I was a kid in America, land of the free, and I wasn't sure what he was prophesizing. I understand now. Thank you Adina for the endorsement of the film in the way you experienced it.
Thank you Barry. I've been baffled at the different ways people look at that experience - or by now, how some don't really consider it at all. Also how we grew up in its shadow. I hope you see the film. It's truly wonderful...I really appreciate your feedback!
I had the same experience, Adina. Everyone in my brother-in-law's family with numbers on their arms seemed almost matter of fact, as if they had moved on, and I was a wide-eyed five-year-old kid looking at numbers engraved into forearms and wishing I could ask them what it meant and what their experience was like. But their family was moving on. My father, who fled the Soviet Union, from what is now Ukraine, didn't talk much about his pain, but would always warn that one day the pendulum could swing back that way. I was a kid in America, land of the free, and I wasn't sure what he was prophesizing. I understand now. Thank you Adina for the endorsement of the film in the way you experienced it.
Thank you Barry. I've been baffled at the different ways people look at that experience - or by now, how some don't really consider it at all. Also how we grew up in its shadow. I hope you see the film. It's truly wonderful...I really appreciate your feedback!
What a wonderful piece. We should never forget. When I read this, I actually said your ancestors names out loud!
thank you! I like to think, maybe they heard...