a window in time · prussian blue part i

remembering what happened in the holocaust is really important. for those of us who live in the united states, it's frankly, easy for most to forget about anything that happened during and after world war II. When we drive to the store, we don't see the barbed wire, or the barracks, or the homes where high-ranking Nazi officials resided such as Rudolph Hess' home in Oświęcim. If there are things that make you think about what happened, I think you are part of the team helping to make the world a better place. There are things that we all learned about in the history books. And then there are the unspoken things. One of the more confusing topics related to unspoken things is what is called Prussian Blue. It is a blue staining on specific types of surfaces. And there are many, many different colors of this blue. And sometimes, it just doesn't form. It's not dangerous to be around and it does look like algae. So you shouldn't be afraid of it. There are lots of people out there who have strong arguments for the Prussian blue being paint or water stains, or some other type of chemical reaction. The Prussian Blue stains I'm referring to are the original ones in and across Europe at some of the former sites. I'm slightly leaning into unspoken things here as a very slow and gentle introdution to this unspoken topic. For now, Prussian Blue is our silent witness. After I've presented all of the detail, and it may take a while, I'm really hopeful that you can take this information and pass it forward. I'll try to use some points of references such as certain things which I can go in to some level of detail about, but which I think will be helpful. These are some of the things that I've known my whole life.