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Granta 42: Krauts! by Bill Buford

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3.0

Essays about Germany after reunification. A lot of information I didn't know, not sure the world knows it either, that is disturbing. Yes, this was published in 1992 but it resonates with today's lean to the right and the xenophobia exhibited the world over and the coming world climate change crisis which will exacerbate the immigration/migration problem. Fascinating, enlightening and depressing. Avoiding daily news to escape the horror south of the border and praying for release back into sanity in 2020, this book shows that what is happening world wide is not going to stop. I am currently praying that there is no such thing as reincarnation...I do not want to come back to see what is coming. In some ways, I am beginning to feel humanity is not worth saving...so much awfulness and the awfulness is protected by people who are supposed to be the good guys. History does repeat itself...the signposts say it is 1933 all over again and this book is full of reminders of 1933 and its aftermath.
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