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   Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Having heard the theme to Schindler's List earlier, I decided to read up on the Holocaust. Something I've never done before. I've never even seen Schindler's List before. I've seen parts of it. I found it so disturbing (and so powerful) that I couldn't watch, even though I know how it ends. I've seen several other Holocaust themed movies, such as "Aimee & Jaguar", "Bent", "The Einstein of Sex", "Facing Windows", "Paragraph 175" & "Walk on Water". I even own all but 1 of those titles, and I recommended 2 of them many times to customers at Hollywood Video. And I have other movies that deal with other aspects of World War II such a "For a Lost Soldier", "Head in the Clouds", & "Mrs. Henderson Presents". But I've never really studied the Holocaust. This morning I did. And I wept. For a good hour. And now my eyes are sore.

   posted by Bald Jason at 12:37 PM
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