08-24-2011, 04:23 AM
It would be exaggerating to say that this captures that night,or the days around it. But it does seize a moment, and bring it to a nasty rough life. It is as difficult as task as can be, to write of jagged times, and yet make it complete, and expressive of that jaggedness. Bad events are not encapsulated by bad writing, so well done. I suppose I find it hard to think of that time without referring to the reason it acquired its horrible name: the smashing of glass, in shops and home-- so I would have expected something touching on that.
I recall being tremendously affected by opening a parcel which contained the effects of a survivor-- a rough wooden Star of David, hanging on the crudest rope. The impact Todd speaks of comes from that kind of sensation, and made me wonder whether, were the title something very innocent 'Unter den Linden' or something, the introduction of Kristallnacht to-wards the end would not increase all that? Maybe?
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I recall being tremendously affected by opening a parcel which contained the effects of a survivor-- a rough wooden Star of David, hanging on the crudest rope. The impact Todd speaks of comes from that kind of sensation, and made me wonder whether, were the title something very innocent 'Unter den Linden' or something, the introduction of Kristallnacht to-wards the end would not increase all that? Maybe?
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