tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post4115942277053115478..comments2024-03-28T20:02:35.777-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Guest Author James R. BennOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21521523362881460882012-04-12T03:51:40.819-04:002012-04-12T03:51:40.819-04:00This is quite a post. Thanks for sharing the info...This is quite a post. Thanks for sharing the information about Marianne Hapig and her bravery in saving so many Jewish people. And her intelligence in figuring out these strategies and then carrying them out; it's amazing.<br /><br />This trip to Berlin to the New Synagogue reminds me another very emotional experience of a friend. She went to Berlin to speak at a conference of gay and lesbian people. It was very big.<br /><br />She, who is Jewish, taught herself Yiddish just in order to give her speech. When she spoke, hundreds of people stood up, cheering and crying. <br /><br />The language had been so suppressed in that evil past and so many people killed who had spoken it that it was barely heard in Germany at that time, not that long ago.<br /><br />Every time I think of that story I cry. What it must have been like for her to do that and then what it must have been like to hear the speech moves me every time I think about it.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-65235209094908201152012-04-10T13:11:03.635-04:002012-04-10T13:11:03.635-04:00An oft read book is Corrie ten Boom's The Hidi...An oft read book is Corrie ten Boom's The Hiding Place, which reminds me of good among evil.<br /><br />I shall add On Desperate Ground to my TBR list, for Marianne Hapig's story.Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-66953034647829813312012-04-09T18:30:10.964-04:002012-04-09T18:30:10.964-04:00Welcome back, James. You sure do know how to tell ...Welcome back, James. You sure do know how to tell a tale! It's a subject filled with lessons to learn and memories to keep fresh if we hope to avoid...precisely what's happening today.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-31203674755135796002012-04-09T18:16:13.355-04:002012-04-09T18:16:13.355-04:00This was such an interesting and inspiring post! ...This was such an interesting and inspiring post! I will look forward to reading this book (and all of your books). Thanks for sharing all of this.<br /><br />Brenda P. WilliamsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-9139827114692393292012-04-09T17:18:52.915-04:002012-04-09T17:18:52.915-04:00An addendum to this story: We were in Berlin durin...An addendum to this story: We were in Berlin during a Jewish holiday (sorry to say which one escapes me) and my wife and I attended services at the New Synagogue. It was a very moving and emotional experience, after hearing both stories told above, to sit and listen to the service in that synagogue - spoken mainly in German. History is profound.James Bennhttp://www.jamesrbenn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21696365828062762782012-04-09T14:19:13.797-04:002012-04-09T14:19:13.797-04:00James, this post moved me to tears. I love your Bi...James, this post moved me to tears. I love your Billy Boyle series. Now here's a new book to add to the list. Many thanks for the story behind the story.<br /><br />Pat BrowningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-20874061841277468542012-04-09T14:10:50.499-04:002012-04-09T14:10:50.499-04:00Thanks to both of you. History is so thick in Berl...Thanks to both of you. History is so thick in Berlin it lays upon the ground. The white line marking where the Wall stood; cobblestones of the Gestapo prison cellar recently excavated (where notes from prisoners were found tucked under the stones). If one wishes to become a writer, Berlin will seal the deal.James Bennhttp://ww.jamesrbenn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-43551093255617122152012-04-09T13:56:05.816-04:002012-04-09T13:56:05.816-04:00I have just downloaded your book. If it is as movi...I have just downloaded your book. If it is as moving and interesting as your post, I will be very pleased. I didn't know these things about Berlin (my family was from Vienna). Thank you very much.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-44446371219091870102012-04-09T11:30:49.898-04:002012-04-09T11:30:49.898-04:00I am reading ON DESPERATE GROUND now. It is a book...I am reading ON DESPERATE GROUND now. It is a book not to be missed. Excellent.Larry W. Chavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804143598641414386noreply@blogger.com