Elly Bulkin essay (1985)
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1945 was also the year when news clips of the Nazi concentration camps first shocked most U.S. citizens, the year when General George Patton, who saw the camps at closer range, likened “this Nazi thing” to “a Democratic and Republican election fight” and privately described the Jews as “lower than animals.”
— Elly Bulkin on George S. Patton
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About Elly Bulkin
Elly Bulkin (born December 17, 1944) is a writer, editor, and political activist who has lived in the USA. She was a founding editor of two nationally distributed periodicals: Conditions, a magazine of writing by women with an emphasis on writing by lesbians and Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends.
About Elly Bulkin
Elly Bulkin (born December 17, 1944) is a writer, editor, and political activist who has lived in the USA. She was a founding editor of two nationally distributed periodicals: Conditions, a magazine of writing by women with an emphasis on writing by lesbians and Bridges: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends.
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