Comments | lisa_belle: we must shout, "No! We remember"

lisa_belle

we must shout, "No! We remember"

May 27, 2006 15:25

I just watched the Oprah special, "Auschwitz: Death Camp" with ellie weisel.

It was, I am sure a surprise to no one, indescribable. I know sometimes with tragic events, we walk this thin line between the beliefs of wanting to stop seeing the imagery or hearing the stories because it is thought to be excessive, and always needing to be reminded. I ( Read more... )

Comments 5

thenik May 28 2006, 00:20:15 UTC

I have this on my TiVo, will be watching it later today & then I'll be back with something to say, I'M SURE.

lisa_belle May 28 2006, 01:56:45 UTC

omg- yeah, it's not the best insight into the Holocaust ever but my god- the man is so talented at communicating that i think he makes you understand on one of the closest relatable levels you can understand without being even experiencing anything CLOSE to what atrocities happened.

thenik May 28 2006, 05:34:54 UTC

Yes, if you somehow had not known a lot about the Holocaust, you might not get all that he was expressing.... however, he is amazing with his words... how carefully he chose them & how he wasn't afraid to over simplify, he simply put it as it was.

Between Inconvenient Truth & this, I'm not sure I'll sleep at all tonight *sigh*

newsgal81 May 28 2006, 05:47:35 UTC

Oh, I wanted to see that! Maybe I'll illegally download it.

lisa_belle May 28 2006, 05:48:45 UTC

I would. Stuff like that should just be out there. ;-)