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There's a compelling quote within the first page: But the thing that traumatized me occurred a couple years later, when I found an old copy of Life magazine tha
by limist 14y ago
There's a compelling quote within the first page: But the thing that traumatized me occurred a couple years later, when I found an old copy of Life magazine that had the Margaret Bourke-White photos from Buchenwald. This was in the 1940s — no TV, living on a farm. That's when I realized that adults were dangerous. Like, really dangerous. I forgot about those pictures for a few years, but I had nightmares. But I had forgotten where the images came from. Seven or eight years later, I started getting memories back in snatches, and I went back and found the magazine. That probably was the turning point that changed my entire attitude toward life. It was responsible for getting me interested in education. My interest in education is unglamorous. I don't have an enormous desire to help children, but I have an enormous desire to create better adults.
Here's a link to the photos (some unpublished) that he refers to:
http://life.time.com/history/behind-the-picture-bourke-white-and-the-liberation-of-buchenwald/#1 http://life.time.com/history/behind-the-picture-bourke-white...