P.S.: Reader Commentary

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It was George Bernard Shaw who quipped in The Revolutionist's Handbook: "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history."

Paul Shore in his "Invisible History" (November/December 2000) seems to reenforce that view while relating horror stories dating back to World War II. Such stories remain untold for various reasons, but their retelling is vital for the sake of future generations. That's why Shore is to be commended for his essay.

It has special meaning to me because it focuses attention on a situation that has been haunting my memory for the past fifty-five years. Shore described how the former inhabitants of Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland)--my hometown --were not only victimized by the brutal Nazi regime but, to add insult to injury, their plight was conveniently forgotten (one reason, I suppose, is that it would have impeded the war effort by the Allied Forces …