![]() ![]() ![]() And action is still needed today."Īaron adds, "The conversation goes on, and it's well worth reading. It was very frightening, but we weren't cynical about it-we took action. The son of an immigrant who barely escaped the Holocaust, Klempner spent nearly a decade talking with and getting to know the Dutch rescuers in order to write The Heart Has Reasons: Dutch Rescuers of Jewish Children during the Holocaust. ![]() Mieke Vermeer responds, "We lived through that. Mark Klempner is a historian, memoirist, and social commentator. Klempner responds soon thereafter by asking, "What do we do about people's cynicism? Joni Mitchell asks in one of her songs, 'Is justice just ice? Governed by greed and lust? Just the strong doing what they can. She has just been explaining her activist philosophy, which she sums up as "do what you can, where you are, with what you've got. If you turn to page 166, you'll find yourself in the middle of a dialogue between the author and a rescuer named Mieke Vermeer. The book is "The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage" by Mark Klempner (The Pilgrim Press, 2006). According to the preface, the historian used to be an LA studio musician, so that explains something. I found a reference to Joni in-of all places-a history book about Holocaust rescuers. Although it's not a work of fiction, Aaron Levine writes: 00:00 00:00 Download: About this Item Title The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers & Their Stories of Courage Summary Mark Klempner spoke about people he interviewed for his book, 'The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage. ![]()
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