ebooks My Father's Keeper: Children of Nazi Leaders: An Intimate History of Damage and Denial by Stephan Lebert; Norbert Lebert in History

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An impassioned defense of the freedom of speech; from Stéphane Charbonnier; a journalist murdered for his convictionsOn January 7; 2015; two gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. They took the lives of twelve men and women; but they called for one man by name: "Charb." Known by his pen name; Stéphane Charbonnier was editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo; an outspoken critic of religious fundamentalism; and a renowned political cartoonist in his own right. In the past; he had received death threats and had even earned a place on Al Qaeda's "Most Wanted List." On January 7 it seemed that Charb's enemies had finally succeeded in silencing him. But in a twist of fate befitting Charb's defiant nature; it was soon revealed that he had finished a book just two days before his murder on the very issues at the heart of the attacks: blasphemy; Islamophobia; and the necessary courage of satirists. Here; published for the first time in English; is Charb's final work. A searing criticism of hypocrisy and racism; and a rousing; eloquent defense of free speech; Open Letter shows Charb's words to be as powerful and provocative as his art. This is an essential book about race; religion; the voice of ethnic minorities and majorities in a pluralistic society; and above all; the right to free expression and the surprising challenges being leveled at it in our fraught and dangerous time.