Kansas City Blogger Shares Hard Fought Wartime Life Lessons

A KC blogger recently collected resources worth sharing . . . Here's a bit about his process . . .

"I began this book with the intention of preserving primary source material for scholars researching what life was like for ordinary people in East Germany in the years after World War II. As I came to know Christoph Haufe (1925-92) through his letters, I realized he has a message for a wider audience. And as I researched his life after 1959, I found he made choices that enhanced his career, but which indicated a degree of ethical flexibility that some will find questionable."

This passage seems exceptionally references given the current state of the world . . .

"As we witness from afar the devastation in Ukraine as well as Gaza, I think we should consider ourselves fortunate to have escaped such devastation in the United States. So far. As we risk both being pulled into an international conflict and the threat of a civil war here at home if national elections don’t go one way or another, I hope we will take a deep breath and realize how lucky we have been, and how unlikely it is that we would escape such devastation in a future war. And I hope world leaders who keep us on the brink of international conflict and those who talk of a 'new civil war' realize just what they would risk for themselves and their fellow citizens if either came to be."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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