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reviewed Account Rendered by Melita Maschmann

Melita Maschmann: Account Rendered (Paperback, 2016, Plunkett Lake Press) 4 stars

A cog in the Nazi machine

4 stars

Autobiography of a woman who was a committed & diligent National Socialist (#Nazi), of her experience in youth work & propaganda, and her journey coming to terms with the truth of what she participated in. Description of the clinical dispossession of the Poles is disturbing (and new to me), as is the readiness with which everyday mediocre people were led into misguided beliefs, alternative facts & constrained thinking, to do prosaic work with horrifyingly evil outcomes.

Reading time 11 days, 26 pages/day

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Kenneth Womack: Living the Beatles' Legend (2023, HarperCollins Publishers, Dey Street Books) 4 stars

Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans

4 stars

Have you read dozens of books about the Beatles and know all sorts of trivia about them? Are you okay with messy books -- not because the book is not well-written, but because the story it tells doesn't have a neat and tidy ending? If so, Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans by Kenneth Womack is for you. It includes much of Mal Evans’ own autobiography, and comments from many of his family and friends. Recommended for the right people. #Beatles #Biography #netgalley shortestrevs.com/blog/living-the-beatles-legend-the-untold-story-of-mal-evans/