<story><title>David Dushman, last surviving Auschwitz liberator, dies aged 98</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57379704</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eaa</author><text>There is an interesting book on this grim subject - the book &amp;quot;Yes to Life&amp;quot; of Viktor Frankl. He managed to survive concentration camps and stay mentally sane person. He describes the life of prisoners there and what was helping them to survive. Sad but remarkable book on both history and psychology.&lt;p&gt;Also, someone in this discussion said that as more and more people pass away there is less and less truth about WW2 and less and less respect to its lessons. There is also another interesting observation: the more related to WW2 people die the more Cold War #2 we see. Cold War hasn&amp;#x27;t become &amp;quot;hot&amp;quot; because during these times almost everyone except kids knew what is war and how it looks and that it causes. War heroes were not imaginary movie personalities, they were everywhere. And kids could hear real stories from someone who has seen it all with own eyes. And so, everyone knew that war is hell and that nuclear weapon can make war even worse, so that WW2 will look like a picnic.&lt;p&gt;But what do we have now? Movies about WW2 with expensive SFX and cheap plot, Call of Duty, etc. War isn&amp;#x27;t scary anymore. People are eager to fight something. This mad mad mad mad mad world.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>endymi0n</author><text>&amp;quot;Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;— George Santayana&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;ve got news for Mr. Santayana: we&amp;#x27;re doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That&amp;#x27;s what it is to be alive.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;— Kurt Vonnegut</text></comment>
<story><title>David Dushman, last surviving Auschwitz liberator, dies aged 98</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57379704</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eaa</author><text>There is an interesting book on this grim subject - the book &amp;quot;Yes to Life&amp;quot; of Viktor Frankl. He managed to survive concentration camps and stay mentally sane person. He describes the life of prisoners there and what was helping them to survive. Sad but remarkable book on both history and psychology.&lt;p&gt;Also, someone in this discussion said that as more and more people pass away there is less and less truth about WW2 and less and less respect to its lessons. There is also another interesting observation: the more related to WW2 people die the more Cold War #2 we see. Cold War hasn&amp;#x27;t become &amp;quot;hot&amp;quot; because during these times almost everyone except kids knew what is war and how it looks and that it causes. War heroes were not imaginary movie personalities, they were everywhere. And kids could hear real stories from someone who has seen it all with own eyes. And so, everyone knew that war is hell and that nuclear weapon can make war even worse, so that WW2 will look like a picnic.&lt;p&gt;But what do we have now? Movies about WW2 with expensive SFX and cheap plot, Call of Duty, etc. War isn&amp;#x27;t scary anymore. People are eager to fight something. This mad mad mad mad mad world.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>derivagral</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ll second Frankl. I enjoyed his (other) books around love and searching for meaning, drawing from his experience. I&amp;#x27;ll have to check that one out as well. Very humbling stuff.</text></comment>