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So, here's an entire chapter on how Westclox was the main client for the Ottawa, IL division of the Radium Dial Company. In Ottawa, the girls painted the faces on the Big Ben alarm clocks for Westclox, which is the model that my parents owned. So, their clock was one of the ones painted by one of these girls...
— May 07, 2017 01:51PM
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The saddest book I've ever read, and this includes most of the books I've read on Holocaust topics. This book is just heart-breaking. Very well-written.
— Jun 03, 2017 09:06AM
Susan Hesson
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Only a few pages in and it's already breaking my heart. When I was a child and I was supposed to be napping, I would play with the Westclox clock that sat on my parents' nightstand. The numerals glowed in the dark and I was fascinated by them. I would hold that clock close to my face for a long time, examining those numbers in minute detail. Now, I wonder...
— May 07, 2017 07:29AM