Actually, N* did ask...which is why I mentioned anything about it at all. Brundibar makes sense and works well on its own as a children's story, but it makes more sense - especially some of the illustrations - if you understand the context. He was asking me what was up with the last picture (it's a bit incongruent with the rest of the book), and I had to explain a tiny bit about Terezin and how the story is based on an opera performed by the children in Terezin, and the final picture depicts them the way the really were etc. etc. etc. And of course, then he wanted to know what Terezin was, and why were the kids there, and well, you've met him...it's not exactly easy to get away with evasive answers.
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Date: 2006-09-09 04:08 am (UTC)