http://calitreview.com/1459 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:36:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://calitreview.com/1459/comment-page-1#comment-57725 Stefani Forster Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:28:29 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=1459#comment-57725 You must read the Afterword and translator notes to appreciate the writing style in this memoir. Thank you Barbara Mellor for finding this work and translating, with your excellent notes, for English readers. This is one of the best "Resistance" books I have ever read. The clarity of her memory, humor and simple descriptions make the events clear. I was struck by the statement: "The Germans are a spineless lot on the whole, lacking any ability to reason things through or view them with a critical spirit; and they suffer from a total and absolute lack of initiative, inculcated by their educational system down the centuries.", on page 264. A word of caution to those of us in the U.S. during the Bush era and under our current educational system. You must read the Afterword and translator notes to appreciate the writing style in this memoir. Thank you Barbara Mellor for finding this work and translating, with your excellent notes, for English readers. This is one of the best “Resistance” books I have ever read. The clarity of her memory, humor and simple descriptions make the events clear. I was struck by the statement: “The Germans are a spineless lot on the whole, lacking any ability to reason things through or view them with a critical spirit; and they suffer from a total and absolute lack of initiative, inculcated by their educational system down the centuries.”, on page 264. A word of caution to those of us in the U.S. during the Bush era and under our current educational system.

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