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Genocide
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The first time it was reported that our friends were being butchered there was a cry of horror. Then a hundred were butchered. But when a thousand were butchered and there was no end to the butchery, a blanket of silence spread.
When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out "stop!"
When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer.
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― Selected Poems: The Influential 20th Century German Poet's Accessible Bilingual Collection for Modern Readers
― Selected Poems: The Influential 20th Century German Poet's Accessible Bilingual Collection for Modern Readers
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I once spoke to someone who had survived the genocide in Rwanda, and she said to me that there was now nobody left on the face of the earth, either friend or relative, who knew who she was. No one who remembered her girlhood and her early mischief and family lore; no sibling or boon companion who could tease her about that first romance; no lover or pal with whom to reminisce. All her birthdays, exam results, illnesses, friendships, kinships—gone. She went on living, but with a tabula rasa as he
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― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
Douglas Brough reviews many books relating to the German people and works to encourage friendshi…more
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