It's been a very long time but I couldn't resist posting the following from a fascinating March 2, 2014 New York Times book review, written by Barry Gewen, of "Not I: Memoirs of a German Childhood," by Joachim Fest, the historian.
Shortly after World War II, one German exile returning to the city of Berlin asked the taxi driver on the ride from the airport how things had been under the Nazis. Gesturing at the bombed-out ruins all around them, the driver replied: "You actually didn't miss much!"
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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