another note on right vs. wrong word

[truepenny]

When you are talking about the Nazi occupation of, say, Poland, it is not correct to refer to the "German occupants."

(The book I am reading right now (Unanswered Questions: Nazi Germany and the Genocide of the Jews, ed. François Furet, [L'allemagne nazie et le génocide juif, 1985] NY: Schocken Books, 1989) is a mixed bag as far as the content goes, but the editing is lousy and the translation (from the original French publication) is sometimes, as above, distinctly wonky.)

Comments

[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

Sounds interesting. What's the reason, if any, behind the reading material?

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping that eventually my brain will let me know.

[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I was just curious since I am a Holocaust historian.
Haven't read that particular work though.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

If that sounded flip, I apologize. I don't know why I'm reading about the Nazis and the Holocaust. I assume my backbrain is working on something and it will eventually let me know what. In the meantime, it's both horrifying and fascinating, and post-Ph.D., I've learned to be grateful for books I want to read, even when my own motivations baffle me.

[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

Not at all. As the one who studies it I far too often sound flip, so I'd be the last one to condem you ;)
That's fair enough. I'd recc 'The Drowned and the Saved' by Primo Levi is you want a good eyewitness account. Borowski's 'This Way to the Gas Ladies and Gentlemen' is also amazing for the sheer 'oh god no' factor.