When is an Asbestos Blog not about Asbestos?: Let’s Talk about the Good and the Bad in People.

Nazis, death camps, and Priests. For my 98th weekly blog, I am going to detour from directly discussing asbestos, although this story is taken from the stories about Johns-Manville provided by the residents of Manville, N.J. during 1987 in the book published by the Manville Public Library titled Ellis Island, the Coal Mines, to the Asbestos Capital of the World. It is also about the conduct of people, both good and bad, which is a common theme in asbestos as well as most parts of life.

This particular interview describes horrors and self-sacrifice in one of the most compelling stories that I have ever read. This eye witness narrative was told by Rev. Hyacinth Dobrowski as he described the Nazi occupation of Poland. His discussion on Maximillian Kolbe’s attitude and death in Auschwitz, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe, is a principled reminder during this holiday season that there is both extreme good and extreme evil in people, and that we need to all endeavor to recognize the difference and act accordingly. Also, Dobrowski’s discussion on his involvement in the medical experiments for malaria while at Dachau shows how sometimes a person must be willing to risk it all when told that “you are an animal.”

Rather than describe what Dobrowski discussed, I will just provide the pages for your review.

I hope that you found the above both compelling and frightening, and a good reminder of how liberty and freedom are not cheap to win and hold. Let me know if you have any questions or comments, either in the comments section or by sending an email to me at TheAsbestosBlog@gmail.com. Thanks. Marty