I was interested to read this article in The Daily Mail and a similar one in The Daily Telegraph about a new German film which seems to cover the historical events Restitution focuses on: the wholescale rape of German women by the Red Army.
It's good to see that this appalling crime is receiving some attention.
I'm always anxious when I talk about this in relation to Restitution that it makes the book look terribly gloomy. Dark things do happen in the novel, but the end is upbeat, with the reunion of families and the tying up of loose ends.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
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There's so much WWII history that was relatively buried but is now beginning to re-emerge in places like your novel.
I wonder why it has taken our collective consciousness so long to start confronting things like this?
OMG, I confess I did not know the extent of this reality. I am humbled by it and sad.
How awful.
Thanks for the comments, guys. I think must have been very uncomfortable for the Allies to face the fact that their third Ally was involved in crimes like this. T
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