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“Readers of Slaughterhouse-Five unfamiliar with Vonnegut’s other books might not realize that Howard W.”
“And it is true as well that Dresden remained remarkably intact compared to other large German cities.”
“This last bombing, in fact, created work for some of the recently arrived American POWS of the 106th Division.”
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“The American prisoners exiting the boxcars on January 12 did not see this hidden part of Dresden.”
“first appeared as the main character of Vonnegut’s earlier novel Mother Night , published in 1962.”
“Subsisting on starvation rations, the men worked twelve-hour days only to return to freezing cold barracks at night.”
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“Susan has published two previous books on Vonnegut, founded the International Kurt Vonnegut Society in 2008 and has served as an officer in the organization ever since.”
“Everyday Dresdeners were not protected from the war or free from its effects.”
“Doxsee remembers getting caught one day by the Nazi foreman as he was putting a spoon back.”
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“After a moment, “every cell in Billy’s body shook him with ravenous gratitude and applause.” But spooning up the syrup was considered a serious crime.”
“War refugees, who had been crowding into the city for years, did not let Dresdeners forget the dire circumstances elsewhere in Germany.”
“They would wake before dawn the next day to start the whole process over again, all the while trying to avoid the attention of the more sadistic guards.”
“Doxsee recalls that German civilian women did most of the work in making and packaging the syrup.”
“The letter advises the Americans that their real enemy is not the Germans at all, but rather the “cruel Asiatic hords [ sic ]” of Soviet Bolsheviks that “slaughter and torment women and children.” It concludes by urging the Americans to join German soldiers in defending Western culture against the “barbaric asiatic East.” This figure of the Nazi recruiter trying to turn the Americans against the Russians would become important for Vonnegut’s complicated perspective on the war.”
“It looked like a Sunday school picture of Heaven to Billy Pilgrim.” Dresden was, indeed, a beautiful city, a cultural and artistic center often called a jewel box.”
“Sometimes, they used propagandistic persuasion as well.”