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Tough But Necessary Holocaust View

A review of Here There Are Blueberries by David Finkle | November 9, 2026

For that reason, audiences who feel compelled to examine the records from a theater seat—who perhaps find themselves yet again confronted with a photograph of a malnourished and naked corpse being flung into a pit—will have a hard time not thinking that what Here There Are Blueberries presents remains barely bearable, but nonetheless must be remembered so it never recurs.

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