A review by h2oetry
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder

5.0

An important exploration of how an overt atrocity can happen, and why. The methods of evil were made after making an entire people stateless, regardless of borders. This bureaucratic monstrosity means this very tactic can -- indeed has -- been used for similar means. Thus, we must be aware how these things begin, foment, and occur from the get-go.

It is a warning, and we must oppose all efforts vigorously. I started to read this book a few days before the 2020 US presidential election and finished it the day after Biden became the president-elect. We must realize change will have to come from more than just a ballot box. Sometimes the ballot box is discarded or circumvented.