YESTERDAY WAS THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ
HOLOCAUST ~ What does it mean to us now ?
Seventy five years since the Liberation
Of AUSCHWITZ ~ Nazi Concentration Camp ?
Angela & I visited AUSCHWITZ
To see for ourselves ~ something concrete of .......
The systematic elimination
Of SIX-MILLION JEWS ~ by the Third Reich.
What we saw did put it into perspective
Better than all the Films we saw and the
Books we had read about the HOLOCAUST !
Human hair - piles of glasses - shoes - false limbs
Suit cases with NAMES ~ Incinerators !
And even more so ~ meeting survivors
Hearing them recount EXPERIENCES !
Thanks for reading ~ comments welcome ~ Love Brian & Angela 💙🧡💙
LORNA LOVE was a Buchenwald Survivor aged 18 when the Germans
released her ~ with others ~ to cross the River in flimsy boats ~ some
drowned. They we taken in by the British Army ~ She married one of
the Officers. Because of her fluency with Languages ~ German ~ English
Russian - Yiddish - she was given an Honorary Rank and served as an
Interpreter in the Nuremburg war Trials ! She taught @ Essex University.
She told us *Because I am a JEW ~ I will FORGIVE The Third Reich
BUT ~ I will never ever FORGET what happened in the Death Camps !*
Try to visit AUSCHWITZ to see for yourself. It is Heart Breaking but it
does put the HOLOCAUST into perspective ! The victims were actual
Human Beings like You & I ! There are still survivors (all aged over 80)
but in a few years they will all be in Paradise. There was much on TV
Yesterday and many of the Survivors had the strength to speak out.
This POEM is presented as a Blank Verse (iambic pentameter) Sonnet.
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ANGELA & BRIAN (Pseudonym) (
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Even the birds don't sing there. Seems madness, and in the 'civilised' 20th Century too.
The Germans couldn't win. I'm sure they incurred God's wrath for meddling with His people, the Jews. At least, some human justice, even if we have no spiritual aspect in our lives.
BRIAN HERE ~ Thanks UNCLE STEVE ~ For us born 40 years after the liberation ~ a visit to AUSCHWITZ does serve a Purpose ! My (BRIAN) Grandparents witnessed the horror of WW2 (in Liverpool 3,000 Civilians killed in the 1941 Blitz becaus it was a major Port with the USA). Also they were Teenagers when AUSCHWITZ was liberated. Ive mentioned in the POEM what we saw and the HOLOCAUST became much more real & historic to US ~ AMEN ! The Third Reich did incur Gods wrath and God wiped it from the face of the Earth. There are no Statues in Germany of Hitler and the Swaztika is VERBOTEN ! The German War Cemetaries Black / Grey Headstones and no one to welcome You. The ages of the Soldiers are salutary Some as Young as 13 (Jurgens auf Hitler) and some over 70 ~ Utter Defeat ! In 1933 the Global Jewish Population was over 15.million ! Despite the Holocaust there are more Jews alive today than there were in 1933 ~ AMEN.
I was raised to treat the JEWS with a VELVET GLOVE !
Blessings to YOU & YOUR Handsome Hound
Love in the Spirit Brian & Angela 💙🧡💙🧡💙
Without dpubt the most moving place I've ever visited - great write - let us not forget.
Ooooops Uncle Mike ~ we sent a Comment instead fo a Reply ! Please check POEM ~ Thanks A & B !
Thanks for a supportive comment UNCLE MIKE ~ We agree with it ~ very very moving. Especially the photographs of real PEOPLE like You & US. Like Lorna Love (now in Paradise) we must never ever forget. I am pleased we now have a HOLOCAUST DAY ~ The TV coverage has been excellent ~ Lest we FORGET ~ We will remember THEM !
Blessings & Peace to You & Yours
Love ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡💙🧡
Very good write. I have never been to Auschwitz but everyone that I know who has been there say the same thing about how heartbreaking it was.
How people can deny it happened is beyond me!!
"We will remember them"
GOOD MORNING Uncle Andy ~ Your Parents would have been alive when Auschwitz was liberated ! For those of US under 40 we felt it was necessary for US to see it for ourselves to help US believe tht it acctually happened ! As you say some still deny it ! *We will remember them !* AMEN
Blessings & Peace to You & Yours
Love ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡💙🧡
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