Binjamin Wilkomirski's Cry The Beloved Country

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An ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates, once said from the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. Dreams of a world with full arians led to the purge of many other cultures by the Nazi people. Hatred of skin color divided the races, and tore the hated apart. The Nazi's intolerance towards many cultures lead to devastation for many people, including Binjamin Wilkomirski and the racial prejudice in Cry the Beloved Country lead to the tearing apart of a family; discrimination and hate only leads to upsets.
At the young age of three or four years old (because he was taken at such a young age, he does not know his true Birthdate or age) Binjamin Wilkomirski was torn away from his family, and brought to the Nazi’s concentration camps. Forced

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