we’re beginning to see – so far- the vaccines are not sufficient to stop the virus, that we’re getting it anyway. I don’t know what will happen with the third vaccine, but certainly the second one is wearing off. We’re not going the way of Britain right now because of the time that has elapsed since the initial round of vaccines, and the fact that they are getting sick, some of them seriously.. All this keeps me from rejoicing in any way.

The medical staff is exhausted. They have been overworked for almost a year and a half, and their dedication is taking its toll. When you get your vaccine, be sure to thank those people profusely.

Every time I would hint at a question about the partisans in the holocaust to my mother’s cousin, his wife would start to answer and he would warn her to keep silent. I only understood after many years that he was worried that the bravery of the partisans would be inverted to war crimes. Seeing this film made me understand that silence even more. And the reason my mother always blamed the Lithuanians far more than the Germans.