“On Disbelieving Atrocities” – Evan Sandhoefner

First published 26 January 2019. Last updated 26 January 2019. I don’t know if I’m allowed to do this, but I’m just posting the full text of this article by Arthur Koestler, becau…

Evan Sandhoefner Uncategorized January 27, 2019 8 Minutes First published 26 January 2019. Last updated 26 January 2019. I don’t know if I’m allowed to do this, but I’m just posting the full text of this article by Arthur Koestler, because it’s not easy to find without an NYT subscription. NYT published this as “The Nightmare That Is a Reality” on 9 January 1944. * * * There is a dream which keeps coming back to me at almost regular intervals; it is dark, and I am being murdered in some kind of thicket or brushwood; there is a busy road at no more than ten y

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