![]() ![]() In 1945, as the war in Germany nears its violent end, the Huber family is not yet free of its dangers or its insidious demands. Are we ready yet to consider the suffering of the German people in WW2? Where do we stand in our assessment of the culpability of the German people as distinct from its leaders? Can we accept that some at least may not have known about the evil actions of that regime, and how do we feel about those who knew or suspected it but felt they could not do anything either in protest or to help its victims? Can we forgive, or if not forgive, can we feel compassion? Can we do this without whitewashing history, and do we risk giving any support to the contemporary rise of an ugly nationalism in Europe? And specifically, how do we feel about the actions of the Hitler Youth, and those boys who were conscripted to fight in the dying days of the war? WW2 has been a constant in film, TV and literature ever since it ended, but almost all of it is from the PoV of the victors, alongside the literature of the Holocaust. The Vanishing Sky asks important questions of contemporary readers. ![]()
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