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[talking about the Holocaust] ‘But to put something in context is a step towards saying it can be understood and that it can be explained.

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To begin with, it’s true, she read with trepidation and some unease.
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However bad the weather, Dad never drove to church because Mam thought the sacrament might make him incapable on the return journey.
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