Domestic Facade of a Catastrophe: When Evil Does Not Necessarily Look Like a Demon

Collage by Olena Zelenina.

Sometimes history holds up mirrors that are terrifying to look into. One such mirror is the diary. Those written at night by lamp-light, where a person remains alone with themselves. But what if, in one case, these entries are a blatant forgery, and in another — a sincere, yet even more horrific attempt to construct an alibi before God and posterity?