I watched Miracle at Midnight this week, and I really enjoyed it. It reminded me of a book I read several years ago, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Both this movie and this book tell the story of how the people of Denmark rescued almost all the Jews in their country from the horrors of the Nazis.
The next morning as I watched Fox News, they interviewed Andy Andrews who wrote The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances. That book is about a German soldier during World War II who washes ashore on the Gulf Coast from a German submarine, and apparently it is based on a true story. Did you know that Germany sent subs to the Gulf of Mexico to sink our ships? I didn't either. Our government did a pretty good job covering that up, didn't they? I haven't read this book yet, but I can't wait to get it through PaperBackSwap. It sounds very interesting and gives a much different story of World War II than I am used to. (If it's any good, I'll review it after I read it.)
As I thought about this post more, I realized that I had already read a book with a different perspective on World War II: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. (You can read my review of that book here.) And there is Things We Couldn't Say by Diet Eman which I recommend but have not reviewed here on my blog. (I read it before I started blogging.)
It's amazing how our perspective of something can be narrowed without our ever realizing it. We should strive to expand our knowledge when it is deficient, don't you think?
3 comments:
Perspective is a wonderful thing, isn't it! Praise the Lord for giving us that attribute! And yes, we should strive to expand our knowledge at any time but especially when it is deficient! Thank you for your perspective Nikki, I treasure it! Blessings!
I'm a huge World War II History fan, and have read a few of these stories. Number the Stars was one of my favorites. There are so many stories of courage in the midst of such horror; sometimes you need to read those type of stories just to keep from sinking into despair from the others. I have read a few stories from the German perspective as well, which was a little hard.
Thanks for reminding me I need to reserve the "Potatoe Peel Pie Society" book again; hopefully the line won't be quite as long this time!
By the way, have you ever read or seen "The Hiding Place"? Again, it's a little hard to read (and even harder to watch in some ways) but it is an amazing story.
Great post Nikki =)
Mykidsmom, yes, I have read The Hiding Place. It was required reading when I was in the sixth grade, and I do not know what our teacher was thinking. I think we were a little young for such a hard book.
You must read The Potatoe Peel Pie book; you will love it!!
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