Against the Stream: Growing up Where Hitler Used to Live Book

After visiting Passau, I thought it was a very picturesque and interesting town in Germany. We were there at Christmas time, so we visited the Christmas market and the Cathedral for an organ concert. So in hoping to learn more about the town, I learned about Anna Rosmus book from my daughter and put it on my list to read. It is hard to believe that anyone born in 1960 would not have some idea of what went on in Germany during the years of Nazi rule. What an eye opener that was. This is a woman whose perseverance is admirable. She is relenting and that trait can be difficult to appreciate. But the enormity of what went on in Germany during those years is so hard to comprehend and her calls for simple apology and acknowledgment of what happened seem like the right thing to do. How difficult that turned out to be. I am glad that people like Anna Rosmus exist and continue to hold governments and religious communities and towns to a moral standard of decency that we would expect of these institutions.