word
sp
IT'S
TEN
AM
sp
A
SIREN
IS
HEARD
ACROSS
THE
COUNTRY
sp
EVERYBODY
STOPS
EVERYTHING
AND
STANDS
IN
ATTENTION
sp
THE
WHOLE
COUNTRY
IS
sp
PAUSING
FOR
ONE
MINUTE
OF
SILENCE
sp
IT'S
A
MAJOR
VIOLATION
OF
SOCIAL
RULES
IF
YOU
DON'T
sp
SO
sp
EVERYBODY
DOES
IT
sp
MEN
sp
WOMEN
sp
CHILDREN
sp
EVERYBODY
sp
EXCEPT
MY
DAD
sp
HE
JUST
SITS
THERE
CONTINUES
TO
READ
THE
NEWSPAPER
AND
SIPS
HIS
MORNING
COFFEE
sp
HE
DOESN'T
EVEN
TRY
TO
TONE
DOWN
THE
sp
HMM
sp
HE
SAYS
sp
THAT'S
HOW
I
KNOW
MEMORIAL
DAY
FOR
THE
HOLOCAUST
STARTED
sp
THIS
HAPPENS
ONCE
A
YEAR
sp
AND
IT
FELL
sp
RIGHT
ON
MY
YEARLY
VISIT
TO
ISRAEL
sp
THE
DAY
BEFORE
I
TAKE
A
WALK
IN
OUR
INDUSTRIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD
sp
I
SEE
THE
CORNER
WHERE
I
HAD
THIS
HORRIBLE
ACCIDENT
WITH
MY
SKATEBOARD
sp
BUT
I
DIDN'T
CRY
sp
I
FIGURED
sp
IF
MY
DAD
WENT
THROUGH
THE
HOLOCAUST
sp
SURELY
I
CAN
HANDLE
A
LITTLE
PAIN
sp
ONE
SUMMER
MY
PARENTS
TRAVEL
AND
THEY
SENT
ME
UP
NORTH
TO
AKIBOOTS
sp
TO
STAY
sp
UNTIL
THEY
ARE
BACK
sp
THERE
sp
I
MEET
A
GROUP
OF
GERMANS
WHO
CAME
TO
VOLUNTEER
sp
IT'S
THE
FIRST
TIME
I
SEE
GERMAN
PEOPLE
sp
THE
NEIGHBORHOOD
KIDS
USED
TO
BEAT
ME
UP
FOR
LOOKING
LIKE
A
GERMAN
sp
AND
INDEED
sp
I
BLEND
RIGHT
IN
sp
THE
LEADER
OF
THE
GROUP
IS
JOHANN
sp
EVERY
NIGHT
WE
HANG
OUT
TOGETHER
AFTER
WORK
sp
WITH
sp
EIGHTH
GRADE
LEVEL
ENGLISH
sp
I
TELL
HIM
ABOUT
MY
HOMETOWN
sp
RISHONLETION
sp
AND
HE
TELLS
ME
ABOUT
BERLIN
sp
ONE
EVENING
JOHANN
BRINGS
A
BOOK
OF
POEMS
sp
I
THINK
HE'S
ABOUT
TO
KISS
ME
sp
BUT
I
KEEP
MY
COOL
AND
SAY
sp
COOL
sp
GO
AHEAD
AND
READ
sp
SUDDENLY
sp
I
HEAR
THIS
sp
FLOOD
OF
WORDS
IN
GERMAN
sp
FANDIELE
VON
STUCKE
sp
IT
sp
WAS
A
POEM
BY
FRIEDRICH
SCHILLER
sp
WHO
HAS
MY
SURNAME
sp
THAT
WAS
A
SURPRISE
sp
JOHANN
GOES
sp
ON
AND
ON
THESE
sp
GERMAN
WORDS
ARE
POURING
OUT
OF
HIS
MOUTH
sp
I
NEVER
HEARD
IT
SO
CLOSELY
BEFORE
sp
IT'S
TERRIFYING
sp
I
START
TO
SEE
IMAGES
OF
NAZIS
PUSHING
JEWS
INTO
TRAILERS
sp
SKELETAL
HUMANS
BEHIND
BARBED
sp
WIRES
sp
SMOKE
COMING
OUT
OF
GAS
CHAMBERS
sp
UNTIL
I
SCREAM
STOP
AND
I
sp
PUSH
JOHANN
OFF
ME
sp
JOHANN
SITS
THERE
ALL
FLUSTERED
sp
WHAT
AM
I
GONNA
SAY
sp
THAT
sp
MY
ENTIRE
LIFE
THE
ONLY
TIMES
I
HEARD
GERMAN
WAS
IN
HOLOCAUST
MOVIES
sp
THAT
THE
GERMANS
DID
SOMETHING
TO
MY
DAD
BUT
sp
I
DON'T
KNOW
WHAT
BECAUSE
HE
NEVER
TALKS
ABOUT
IT
sp
SOMEHOW
sp
IT
DOESN'T
FEEL
LIKE
OUR
AFTER
WORK
CONVERSATION
sp
SO
sp
I
JUST
SAY
sp
IT
HURTS
sp
AND
HE
sp
AND
I
sp
POINT
TO
HIS
FOOT
THAT
IS
STEPPING
ON
MY
TOES
sp
AFTER
THIS
sp
I
THINK
THERE'S
SOMETHING
WRONG
WITH
MY
MEMORY
sp
IT'S
NOT
MY
MEMORY
sp
IT'S
MY
DAD'S
sp
ACTUALLY
IT'S
NOT
EVEN
HIS
BECAUSE
HE
NEVER
MENTIONED
ANY
OF
HIS
MEMORIES
sp
STILL
sp
I
HAVE
THESE
VIVID
IMAGES
OF
sp
HORRIFIC
PAIN
sp
AND
I
FEEL
INTIMATE
WITH
sp
DEATH
sp
WHICH
IS
VERY
UNFORTUNATE
sp
AS
I
WOULD
MUCH
RATHER
BE
INTIMATE
WITH
JOHANN
sp
{LG}
sp
I
NEED
TO
DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT
IT
sp
PLAN
A
sp
HEART
TO
HEART
CONVERSATION
WITH
MY
DAD
sp
I
ASK
HIM
sp
DAD
sp
WHAT
HAPPENED
sp
WHY
DON'T
YOU
EVER
STAND
IN
ATTENTION
DURING
THE
SIREN
sp
HE
SAYS
NOTHING
AND
LEAVES
THE
ROOM
sp
PLAN
B
sp
GO
TO
COLLEGE
sp
HERE
{LG}
I
sp
TAKE
SOME
CLASSES
ABOUT
THE
PSYCHOANALYTIC
THEORY
OF
FREUD
sp
I
THINK
MY
DAD
WOULD
BE
INTERESTED
sp
ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE
HIS
NAME
IS
ALSO
SIGMUND
sp
HE
LISTENS
QUIETLY
AS
I
EXPLAIN
sp
AND
WHEN
I'M
DONE
HE
SAYS
sp
PSYCHOLOGY
IS
A
SERIOUS
LOAD
OF
CRAP
sp
{LG}
sp
SO
I
DECIDE
TO
MAJOR
IN
PSYCHOLOGY
sp
{LG}
HOWEVER
sp
PEOPLE
TALKING
ABOUT
THEIR
EMOTIONS
sp
COULD
sp
BE
TIME
CONSUMING
sp
SO
I
DECIDE
TO
FOCUS
ON
A
SIMPLER
FORM
OF
HUMAN
BEHAVIOR
sp
MICE
sp
I
LIKE
THEM
sp
THEY
NEVER
TALK
ABOUT
EMOTIONS
sp
JUST
LIKE
MY
DAD
sp
ONLY
SMALL
sp
AND
{LG}
FURRY
sp
{LG}
sp
EVERY
DAY
I
WATCH
sp
THEIR
BEHAVIOR
sp
WHEN
THEY
SENSE
THE
SMELL
OF
A
PREDATOR
sp
THEY
FREEZE
IN
THE
CORNER
sp
WHEN
THEY
HEAR
THE
SOUND
OF
A
BELL
sp
THEY
FREEZE
IN
THE
OTHER
CORNER
sp
I
TRY
TO
CHANGE
THEIR
BEHAVIOR
BUT
sp
THEY
NEVER
FORGET
WHAT
THEY'RE
AFRAID
OF
sp
IN
TWO
THOUSAND
FOUR
A
NEW
MOVIE'S
OUT
sp
ETERNAL
SUNSHINE
OF
THE
SPOTLESS
MIND
sp
THE
MAIN
CHARACTER
WANTS
TO
ERASE
CLEMENTINE
HIS
EX
GIRLFRIEND
FROM
HIS
MEMORIES
sp
HE
GOES
TO
A
DOCTOR
WHO
HAS
THIS
INNOVATIVE
TECHNIQUE
TO
ERASE
MEMORIES
sp
THE
STATE
OF
THE
ART
TECHNOLOGY
IS
A
HELMET
YOU
PUT
ON
YOUR
HEAD
WITH
SOME
WIRES
sp
THE
HELMET
TECHNOLOGY
INSPIRES
ME
sp
I
DISCOVER
THAT
THE
MOVIE
IS
BASED
ON
A
TRUE
EXPERIMENT
sp
THERE'S
A
REAL
LAB
AT
NYU
THAT
DID
THE
ACTUAL
EXPERIMENT
sp
I
MANAGE
TO
GET
SOME
GOVERNMENT
FUNDING
PACK
MY
BAGS
AND
MOVE
TO
NEW
YORK
sp
I
SHOW
UP
AT
THE
VERY
LAB
THAT
DID
THE
EXPERIMENT
sp
AND
ASK
FOR
A
JOB
sp
THESE
sp
NYU
SCIENTISTS
sp
THEY
FOUND
A
WAY
TO
CHANGE
MEMORIES
sp
THEY
SAY
sp
THAT
sp
JUST
THE
ACT
OF
REMEMBERING
MAKES
THE
MEMORY
VULNERABLE
sp
SO
sp
YOU
TAKE
YOUR
MEMORY
OUT
OF
STORAGE
IT'S
FLOATING
THERE
DEFENSELESS
sp
THAT'S
WHERE
THEY
HIT
IT
WITH
A
DRUG
sp
SO
NOW
YOU
CAN'T
PUT
IT
sp
BACK
IN
STORAGE
IT'S
BLOCKED
sp
BY
THE
DRUG
sp
SO
sp
IT
LOOKS
LIKE
sp
THERE'S
ONE
WAY
MEMORY
LANE
sp
UM
sp
WHICH
I
THINK
IS
GENIUS
sp
THE
ONLY
PROBLEM
sp
IS
THAT
UM
sp
THE
ONLY
INDICATION
THAT
THIS
IS
TRUE
sp
IS
sp
IN
THE
FORM
OF
A
sp
FURRY
MOUSE
THAT
STOPPED
FREEZING
IN
THE
CORNER
sp
SO
THEY
GIVE
ME
A
JOB
sp
MY
MISSION
IS
TO
SHOW
THAT
THIS
ACTUALLY
WORKS
IN
REAL
HUMAN
BEINGS
sp
THE
WAY
TO
DO
IT
IS
SIMPLE
sp
I
INVITE
PEOPLE
TO
THE
LAB
AND
GIVE
THEM
ELECTRIC
SHOCKS
sp
{LG}
sp
BEFORE
EACH
SHOCK
sp
I
SHOW
THEM
A
BLUE
SQUARE
sp
AFTER
A
FEW
TIMES
sp
I
DON'T
NEED
TO
GIVE
THE
SHOCKS
ANYMORE
sp
THEY'RE
REALLY
AFRAID
OF
THE
BLUE
SQUARES
{LG}
THE
NEXT
PHASE
sp
IS
sp
TO
GIVE
THE
DRUG
AND
GET
RID
OF
THE
FEAR
sp
ONE
PROBLEM
IS
sp
I
DON'T
ACTUALLY
HAVE
sp
THE
DRUG
sp
EXPERIMENTS
IN
HUMANS
ARE
COMPLICATED
MORE
THAN
MICE
BECAUSE
OF
FEDERAL
LAWS
sp
SO
{LG}
THEY'RE
sp
REALLY
STRICT
ABOUT
sp
GIVING
DRUGS
TO
PEOPLE
BUT
sp
PRETTY
LENIENT
ABOUT
GIVING
THEM
ELECTRIC
SHOCKS
sp
{LG}
SO
sp
I
CAN
ONLY
DO
sp
HALF
THE
EXPERIMENT
sp
{LG}
CONSEQUENTLY
UNTIL
THIS
DAY
THERE'S
A
SUBSET
OF
NEW
YORK
POPULATION
WHO'S
REALLY
AFRAID
OF
BLUE
SQUARES
sp
{LG}
sp
AS
I
TRY
TO
OVERCOME
THIS
MINOR
SETBACK
sp
SOMETHING
HAPPENS
sp
A
BUNCH
OF
MICE
IN
A
NEARBY
LAB
sp
IS
DOING
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT
sp
BY
MISTAKE
sp
THEY
WERE
DOING
SOMETHING
NICE
WHILE
RELIVING
THEIR
BAD
MEMORY
sp
I
THINK
THESE
MICE
ARE
ONTO
SOMETHING
sp
MAYBE
THERE'S
A
WAY
TO
REWRITE
THE
MEMORY
WITHOUT
THE
DRUG
sp
THE
IDEA
IS
sp
YOU
TAKE
THE
MEMORY
OUT
OF
STORAGE
AND
YOU
LINK
IT
WITH
SOMETHING
NICE
LIKE
sp
THE
GOOD
FEELINGS
YOU
HAVE
WHEN
YOU
WIN
A
PRIZE
sp
THEN
YOU
PUT
IT
BACK
IN
STORAGE
sp
BUT
IT'S
sp
DIFFERENT
IT
HAS
THIS
NEW
INFORMATION
sp
YOUR
MEMORY
IS
ONLY
AS
GOOD
AS
YOUR
LAST
RETRIEVAL
OF
IT
sp
WITH
THIS
IDEA
IN
MIND
sp
I
TEST
IT
ON
PEOPLE
AND
IT
WORKS
sp
AT
LEAST
AS
FAR
AS
BLUE
SQUARES
GO
sp
I
CAN
REWRITE
THEIR
MEMORY
sp
AND
THEY'RE
NOT
AFRAID
OF
THEM
ANYMORE
sp
SO
NOW
sp
I'M
BACK
IN
ISRAEL
FOR
MY
YEARLY
VISIT
sp
IT'S
TEN
AM
AND
THE
SIREN
GOES
ON
TO
MARK
THE
OPENINGS
OF
THE
HOLOCAUST
MEMORIAL
DAY
sp
EVERYBODY
STOPS
sp
AND
STANDS
STILL
TO
REMINISCE
ABOUT
THE
HORRORS
OF
WORLD
WAR
TWO
sp
MY
DAD
SITS
THERE
WITH
HIS
NEWSPAPER
SIPPING
HIS
MORNING
COFFEE
sp
I
THINK
I
FINALLY
UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S
GOING
ON
sp
THE
SIREN
IS
HIS
BLUE
SQUARE
sp
HE'S
DOING
SOMETHING
PLEASANT
sp
WHILE
HIS
MEMORY'S
VULNERABLE
sp
SO
sp
I
POUR
MYSELF
A
CUP
sp
BORROW
A
SECTION
OF
sp
OF
HIS
sp
PAPER
sp
AND
SIT
NEXT
TO
HIM
sp