Victor Klemperer’s I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years 1942-45. He survives. The diary is gripping reading. He wrote practically every day and gave the pages to a trusted friend. At the end you get all the daily humiliations, the constant shuffling from hope to despair. The friends who are shipped away, never to return. And the constant rumors. Would it be any different in the Internet age? A New York Times review is here. Most complicated.
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Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Résumé des activités de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque de Dimikuy
- Interview d’une lectrice de la bibliothèque de Dimikuy
- Résumé de la sortie de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque de Dohoun
- Photos from Tuy province libraries in Burkina Faso from the past month
- Animation à la bibliothèque de Koumbia
- Compte rendu de la rencontre extraordinaire de Amis des Bibliothèques de Villages du Burkina Faso/ABVBF
- Organisation d’une séance de dessin à la bibliothèque de Koumbia
- Une visite de l’animateur de ABVBF à la bibliothèque communautaire de Koho
- Some recent photos from the mobile library in Hounde, Burkina Faso
- Remise du deuxième prix du meilleur gérant des bibliothèques de la zone du Tuy