Day two continued.....

Day three begins with the drive on the expressway- no crying this time!! I would not want to drive this way for the rest of my life, but it is nice to know I can at least do it. Couple of things I didn't mention in last nights post due to being tired but thought about all night. We looked at a book entitled "The Poisionus Mushroom" it was a children's book from the 1930s. I had seen it before but yesterday someone in my class had such a strong emotional reaction to it that it caused me to look a little more closely. It is basically teaching children how to recognize a Jew. It is filled with "cartoons" of Jews in a very negative light- as greedy, ugly, hairy, with the big noses trying to steal from people and lure children away. The thought that this would have been read to children and it was widely popular is really something I struggle to understand, on some level it is child abuse (in my opinion). The other book we talked about was "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" which was for adults and was complete fiction about how the Jews wanted to take over the world- it was not promoted as Fiction so many believed it especially since Henry Ford was promoting it by giving one away with every new car that was purchased from him! Looking forward to today- will write more later.