A friend of my step-daughters when she was in jr. high school was unfamiliar with the word Holocaust. My husband was dining with their family and was asked about his religion. He said he was a Jew. The child said, "I thought we killed all of you". ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Are you really that old? Date: 9/25/04 5:49:01 PM Central Daylight Time From: _andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: I was telling an anecdote about Winston Churchill to a friend who is in her 20s. She said "Winson who?" She had heard the name, vaguely, but didn't know who he had ever been. yrs, andreas www.andreas.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html