Kristallnacht, Continued Through Nov. 10

Linked Article - Huffington Post: Kristallnacht Photos Recall Horror Night Of November 9, 1938

"On the night of Nov. 9, 1938, gangs of Nazis attacked Jewish businesses and religious sites around Germany, destroying thousands of stores and synagogues. The violence would continue for nearly two days, and the Nazis chose to name it Kristallnacht or crystal night — symbolizing the final shattering of Jewish existence in Germany."

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And here's some film footage of the events.

Linked Post - CrownHeights.info: Kristallnacht Survivor’s Firsthand Account

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"To commemorate the coming 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht (November 9,1938), we present to our readers a first-person account of Kristallnacht, written by Mrs. Hanna Tennenhaus, OBM, whose Shloshim was just marked by her descendants. This account was published in the Canadian Jewish News in November, 1998:

"That fateful night, Nov. 9, 1938, I studied late. After finishing my homework, I took a piece of paper from a notebook, wrote Ich hasse Hitler (I hate Hitler), then quickly burned it in the dying embers remaining in the red tiled stove and went to bed.

"At 2 a.m. there was a great commotion in the street. “Juden raus, Juden raus” (Jews out, Jews out) went the awful shouts. Our bell rang incessantly. My mother, in a long white nightgown, went from room to room in great agitation, while my father prayed silently."
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Compare Caruso to Pavarotti

Enrico Caruso - La Donna e Mobile

Pavarotti La Donna e Mobile Moscow 1964

Sounds similar to me, but I'm not exactly a music critic. Maybe Pavarotti has a fuller voice but the Caruso recording is old, old, old technology.

What's the Easiest Language to Learn?

Not TIDE per se, but since we have been watching these excellent videos on language, here's one that addresses a question that many college students have asked over the years. What are the easiest languages to learn for a person that only speaks English. They are:

What's the Easiest Language to Learn? by Langfocus

Rachmaninoff plays Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Rachmaninoff plays Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

This version of this impossible piece is sublime.