Vanessa A. Shafer
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Writer. Foodie. Amateur genealogist. Lover of trivia. Fangirling for Werder Bremen and Mainz in the Bundesliga; Chelsea and Manchester City in the Premier League; England and Germany in international competition; the Fort Wayne Komets in the ECHL and the Fischtown Pinguins in the DEL. Stateside I support the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts and the Indiana Hoosiers. Passionate and misunderstood and loved. #CTID #COYB #LetsGoKomets
SinaDie neue Geschichte der Bremer Stadtmusikanten?
https://www.butenunbinnen.de/nachrichten/herrenloser-hund-zug-regionalexpress-100.html
Happy Easter, everyone! It was nice to get together with the family and not have kids running around underfoot.
#7books to get to know me:
The Lacemaker by Laura Frantz
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Gutenberg's Apprentice by Alix Christie
Wallenberg by Kati Marton
Curtain by Agatha Christie
Second Advent by Tony Perona
The Commandant of Lubizec by Patrick Hicks
Honorable mention:
In the Shadow of Dora by Patrick Hicks
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Passions of the Mind by Irving Stone
IhthishamIn Germany, teaching the Holocaust is mandatory.
It includes visits to concentration camp, museums, etc. They don't shy away from their own ugly history. Yet the kids aren't damaged; they're strengthened, matured, humbled. The U.S. needs to do same with slavery.
Not that complicated.
#today I am rewatching "Hidden in Silence" and indulging in a wine slushie
Any other #writers get the feeling that a character is standing over their shoulder, judging? I'm dealing with this now....damn you General Dwight Eisenhower for telling me I've gotten something wrong but not telling me what!
#7FilmsToKnowMe
#7MoviesToKnowMe
In no particular order...
Operation Finale
The Sound of Music
Der Untergang
Edelweiss Pirates
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Die Weisse Rose
Anthropoid
Honorable mentions go to:
In the Heart of the Sea
Fisherman's Friends
Schindler's List
Nirgendwo in Afrika