Category Archives: Silent People Have The Loudest Minds

Bored

He is so talented! Creative Writing and Mental Health Bored. Bored beyond belief. Bored to tears. I grab my trainers and go for a walk. Bored of the terraced houses. And semi-similar hatchbacks parked out-side semi-similar houses. Not so bored as clouds step aside and allow the sun to pour down on me. I grabContinue reading “Bored”

The liberation of Mauthausen Concentration camp

Originally posted on History of Sorts:
++++++CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES+++++++++ ? The Mauthausen concentration camp was established shortly after the German annexation of Austria (1938). Prisoners in the camp were forced to perform labor in a nearby stone quarry and, later, to construct subterranean tunnels for rocket-assembly factories. US forces liberated the camp in May 1945.…

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

Ravensbruck.  Hitler’s “work camp” … for women. At the main camp… 26,700 women taken from their homes… And worked… to death… and they were the lucky ones. Young Dr. Herta Oberheuser, desperate to be equal to her male counterparts, takes a position at Ravensbruck – unaware of what’s in store for her.  The horror sheContinue reading “Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly”

The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown

  “This summer, my brother Matthew set himself to killing women, but without ever once breaking the law.” This thrilling debut novel by Beth Underdown is based loosely on the life of the infamous “witchfinder general” Matthew Hopkins of the mid 17th century. The story is narrated by his sister, Alice, who, pregnant, must returnContinue reading “The Witchfinder’s Sister by Beth Underdown”