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O.W. Shumaker, ex-steel worker, ex-waiter, ex-solo entertainer, ex-parole officer, ex-art director, ex-pastor, ex-database manager, ex-linguistics researcher, is a lover of history, especially the history of World War II. He is forever fascinated by the inner struggles, fears, passions, and temptations we all face, whether we live in Nazi Germany, 1939, or in America, 2015.

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Anna's Bear: 5 Days of Moral Conflict And Pursuit, Nazi Germany, 1939

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“If we stop honoring our vows, stop helping those who help us, we’ll end up living the same way. We’re just as capable of committing atrocities as the Nazis are, you know. All we have to do is start down the same road and soon we will arrive in the same place. Like them, we are only human. And to refuse to help? Well, it would be an atrocity of omission, of neglect.” “But”
― O.W. Shumaker, Anna's Bear: 5 Days of Moral Conflict And Pursuit, Nazi Germany, 1939

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