Proto Himbo EuropeanI am so damn proud of my daughter. I mean, I often am, but right now for a specific reason. They made a presentation for 8th grade social studies ("anything about WWII") that focused on female Soviet snipers and the Nachthexen (nightwitches), women who flew beat-up, decades-old, flimsy planes on extremely dangerous missions in German territory and bombed the shit out the Nazis. The Nazis gave them the name, apparently, because (to quote my kid): "Sometimes the only sound of their planes, flying only a few feet off the ground in near total darkness, was a soft whooshing that reminded the Nazi soldiers of witches' brooms. Also, you know, men. women. They're scary so all we can think of is witches."
They went far beyond "here are some facts." They made me and their mother (a history prof) choked up when they gave us a preview presentation.
Yay awesome kids!
Note 1: Their teacher saw me today and came to tell me how excellent the presentation was, and that it prompted him to go read up on soviet women in the military.
Note 2: Other notable topics of presentations by other kids apparently included "Tanks" and "Hitler: the Musical"
#ProudParent #kid #TheKidsAreAlright #history #wwii #nachthexen #nightwitches
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