Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
Tripping Along The Ledge
auschwitz
The March of the Wooden Soldiers
Forever let this place be a cry of despair
And a warning to humanity, where the Nazis
murdered about one and a half million men,
women and children, mainly Jews,
from various countries of Europe”
Inscription at Auschwitz-Birkenau Read the rest of this article here.
The WTF?! hall of fame presents…
A Holocaust survivor, his daughter, and his grandchildren dance to “I Will Survive” at Auschwitz.
THE ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY
January is undoubtedly the most depressing month of the year. To celebrate, I’m republishing the most depressing article I’ve ever written. If you make it to the end without killing yourself, there’s a prize.
“THEY WILL LOCK YOU UP IN THIS TOWN, MATE. TURYSTA OR NO TURYSTA…!”
“I punch him hard in the mouth. But it’s like he sees it coming before I do, because he lands two blows in retaliation before I’ve even realised I’m in a fight…” Read the rest of the article here.
“THEY WILL LOCK YOU UP IN THIS TOWN, MATE. TURYSTA OR NO TURYSTA…!”
“I punch him hard in the mouth. But it’s like he sees it coming before I do, because he lands two blows in retaliation before I’ve even realised I’m in a fight…” Read the rest of the article here.
The March of the Wooden Soldiers
“Forever let this place be a cry of despair
and a warning to humanity, where the Nazis
murdered about one and a half million men,
women and children, mainly Jews,
from various countries of Europe”
Inscription at Auschwitz-Birkenau
THE northern gate at Birkenau is deserted as the taxi driver shoos us out into the snow. We stumble forward, bleary-eyed and dumbfounded by the sheer scale of what’s in front of us. Read the rest of this entry »