You're right, Charlie. I binged the series earlier this week. It was as sobering as it was moving. Ken Burns and his team are a national treasure. I was familiar with the story of the St. Louis, but putting it into a context and telling how it ended were vital additions. The relevance to our situation today was obvious, and so was t…
You're right, Charlie. I binged the series earlier this week. It was as sobering as it was moving. Ken Burns and his team are a national treasure. I was familiar with the story of the St. Louis, but putting it into a context and telling how it ended were vital additions. The relevance to our situation today was obvious, and so was the message, "never again". We don't hear that enough these days, and need to be reminded.
Jan Karski was one of my professors at Georgetown. We knew that he had been in the Polish Home Army during the War, and that alone made being in his presence an honor, but he was a modest man and the full story of his heroism didn't come out until a decade or more later. It was a thrill to hear and see him speak again, and to be reminded of the recognition that he received before he died.
You're right, Charlie. I binged the series earlier this week. It was as sobering as it was moving. Ken Burns and his team are a national treasure. I was familiar with the story of the St. Louis, but putting it into a context and telling how it ended were vital additions. The relevance to our situation today was obvious, and so was the message, "never again". We don't hear that enough these days, and need to be reminded.
Jan Karski was one of my professors at Georgetown. We knew that he had been in the Polish Home Army during the War, and that alone made being in his presence an honor, but he was a modest man and the full story of his heroism didn't come out until a decade or more later. It was a thrill to hear and see him speak again, and to be reminded of the recognition that he received before he died.