Over Shabbat I tried finishing a book the last chapter of which describes the destruction of the cemetery at Salonika.I knew from a previous reading that it would be horrible, but even so it made my blood boil so much that I had to put it down. I just can’t with how many people were willing to do those things, and how fruitless were the efforts to stop it from happening.This raises a problem I’ve struggled with for much of my adult life: I have trouble reading about the Holocaust and other moments of intense persecution. But I want to know our stories, which drives me to own and read the books that contain them.How do others deal with this challenge? Share your tips - I would like to finish this and other books.