Most of what I post comes from books that are already in English. You are the one who deserves all the thanks for this massive undertaking about World War 2. BTW-your quote about "Unfathomable evil along side heroic self-sacrifice" brings to mind a quotation by F Scott Fitzgerald: “Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy."
The war in Russia has always interested me mostly because my (now deceased) favorite uncle spent most of his war fighting there (on the German side)
BTW: I've found some additional information on our friend Ralph Parker-journalist for The Times (of London) and the NY Times:
Yeah, it must be the same Ralph Parker. He would have started with the London Times and switched to the New York Times around the end of 1941. His first article I posted was from January 2, 1942.
I have been thinking about – maybe haunted by is more accurate – the following item from the etherington site posting since I saw it when I made the post. It deserves comment, but what is there to say? The best I can do is to point out that here is an important lesson for today’s progressives: The Germans managed to achieve perfect separation of church and state. Isn’t it grand?
Franciszek Zabecki, a railman, alleges some appalling atrocities: “One mother threw a small child wrapped up in a pillow from the wagon, shouting “Take it, there’s some money to look after it”. An SS man ran up, unwrapped the pillow, seized the child by its feet and smashed its head against a wagon wheel. This took place in full view of the mother, who howled with pain ...”