John Meacham finally goes there on Morning Joe.

[VA_Jill]

64. I struggled through it

as a teenager (about 14-15 I think). My parents had got it as a BOM. Had to read it again in college and it scared me further. As a war baby (b. 1943) whose dad served in e navy, albeit in the other theater, I was always very aware of what went on in Europe during WWII. It was pretty extensively taught in schools &except for the Russian part--that was kind of glossed over because they had become our enemies by then). I had friends in school who were refugees and had lived in DP camps. One Polish-surnamed girl was born in Germany and had no father in evidence; we accepted that but considering the birth year I sometimes wonder now. She was very blonde.

It seems the teaching of history has fallen off and needs to be picked up again. Especially the rise of political movements. We did get quite a bit about both Fascism and Communism in my high school, thanks to some excellent teachers.