The fact that kids are forced to read this shit in school is a crime.
Eely Weasel.
Elying weasel
HIs wiki is spelt Elie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel Probably a couple of different ways of spelling it.
This is such an obvious lie. It flies directly in the face of the true, factual, eyewitness accounts that the babies were actually being thrown into the air from the "Holocoaster", while in motion, as it crested the highest point. This gave the babies more speed and "hang-time", providing better quality training for the gunners.
And since nobody has ever denied the uniformly high proficiency level of German machinegunners, QED.
I can see the German troops now: "I shot the jew in the leg. I was aiming for his head, but he was 5 meters away so it was difficult. He's surely dead, though. By the way, let's make them dig a grave, shoot them, and then let's not fill it in so any left alive can escape."
I switched schools three times in Middle School, which just happened to be the grade that read this exact book. So that means I read this book and covered the Holocaust material 3 times in a row.
(I was also reading Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now at the same time, a very useful book.) Anyway, By the third time I covered this same material for a third time, I became so depressed that I spoke with the teacher after class. I said, "Hey I am like 8% cherokee (or so my family tells me) and how come we go over this same genocide, in explicit detail, and never any local genocides?"
The sweet, blonde teacher was ashamed. That was it. After that, I was called multiple times into the principal's office to have "discussions" where he threatened to send me to a state school institution. I can't help but see the two events related as an adult.
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