Terrible Things : An Allegory of the Holocaust (Hardcover)

from engpunk77

What do you do when some people are taken away? Do you think yourself lucky that it wasn't you and go about your business? What happens when they come for you? There won't be anyone left to help you. I've seen this little story in an email, something like: First they came for the Jews, then they ...

from whitneyharrison

This book doesn't really make sense unless you read what the author says at the beginning. It really makes people think about how good standing up for people can be and what it could have changed in the past. Instead of just turning our eyes in the other direction. In school many students see a l...

from awakefield808

Stunning book of the Holocaust. The illustrations are one of my favorite things about the book.

from ssajj

Terrible Thing is an allegory of the Holocaust. The forest animals live happily until the Terrible Things come. They come first for "every creature with feathers..." The animals without feathers are relieved that the Terrible Things have not come for them; they allow the birds to be captured by n...

from irkthepurist

so... on the one hand it's one of the most peculiarly leaden bits of obvious analogy ever written, but on the other hand... the artwork is extraordinary. terrifying but... extraordinary. about the definition of mixed bag really...