Sunday, January 06, 2019

How far to Auschwitz?

There is a curious object available online these days. “Hitler Germany” is a cheap plastic electric extension board. The company selling it is called Freedom Fashion. The strip costs between Rs 199 and Rs 399, after an appropriate discount. Someone noticed the offer and wondered aloud on social media if we should be reporting it. But what would we report? A gadget plugged into fascism?

This is a strange moment in time: close enough for us to recall gas chambers but far enough to forget gas chambers don’t happen without a lot of people wanting them, prepping for them...
Read the full essay here

https://scroll.in/article/906024/how-far-to-auschwitz-why-we-need-to-read-lidia-ostalowskas-watercolours-to-look-for-an-answer?fbclid=IwAR1ofL--7RfB7n-0FvAVdWZZULKC53suadGeef3QkbqZs-DBZ_x6-3JyWuQ

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