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On the consequences of fear-driven hate: Black Earth Two Years Later

December 18, 2018 by Allison Hiltz Leave a Comment

black earth by timothy snyder

This is also posted on Medium.com.I originally reviewed Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder back in April 2017 here, but with everything that has happened in the past year and a half, I find myself coming back to this book over and over. I haven’t re-read it, but because the issues it covered are becoming increasingly prevalent, I decided to … [Read more...]

‘Black Earth’, The Holocaust, and Why We Need to Heed the Warning Signs

April 3, 2017 by Allison Hiltz 4 Comments

black earth by timothy snyder

It's taken me a long time to finally review this book. Partly, this is because it's a dense read and is chock full of history and military theory, but mostly because it took an emotional toll on me. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder is about why we need to look at the Holocaust as warning, not history, because the conditions that led … [Read more...]

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