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When I started reading this book, I already knew it wouldn’t be an easy book. I knew this book would be heavy, especially because its message still echoes in today’s world. What I didn’t anticipate was how quietly it would reach me, sinking deeper than I was ready for.

As I continue reading, the truth settles in heavier each time. The terror, the violence, the loss of humanity grow more unbearable with every entry. My thoughts keep unraveling: How was this allowed? How could people inflict such cruelty on others whose only wish was to exist freely?

And yet, at the same time, I’m left speechless. My mind goes blank because the horror is almost impossible to fully process.

As I read more, I can’t help but fear what’s coming. I can feel myself approaching the parts where everything gets worse, where history shows its most brutal face.

What makes it even more devastating is realizing that the same hatred—racism and discrimination based on religion, culture, and identity has never really disappeared and still exist today. Different faces, different names, same cruelty.

The pages wound not because they are old, but because they show how humanity hasn't fully learned.