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Dirk's avatar

Fascinating write-up! As a German, there isn’t much glory to be found on the beaches of Normandy or in any theater of WW2. But nonetheless it’s a history that profoundly shaped the lives of my family and the families of everyone I know. We own family portraits from our ancestors taken in the years prior to WW1 where 2/3 of the men pictured perished in senseless battles. My grandparents didn’t enjoy talking about this dark period, but my grandfather left an autobiography to us that describes the carnage in quite unsettling terms.

There is a very justified fear that with the disappearance of that generation of people who witnessed the bloodshed and destruction firsthand, as a society we are also losing the appreciation of our democratic institutions and a perspective of what the alternative invariably looks like.

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Ted Grycel's avatar

I 2nd Karen's comment, wow !!!! How else or what else can you say. Any other words would distract, but to see kids engaged as they are and you engaged with them, is why I do what I do and it's one of the biggest rewards in life, to see a young person look at something different than before you met them is inspiring !!!! So proud of you Adrian !!!!!

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