| Sarah |
| April 19, 2012 09:57 PM |
I just read the most amazing memoir about Auschwitz. It's "Gray" by Hanna Nowak. I would really recommend it to anyone who wanted to learn more about the Jewish Holocaust experience. |
| Steve Fabian |
| March 22, 2012 03:55 PM |
Selma Wijnberg is the true model of Judaism that we should all inspire to be and to have her strength. After the most horrific ordeal at Sobibor, she still had to endure terrible treatment as well as personal tragedies and hardships.I want her to know that I remember her and the victims everyday. Time will not minimize who she is or what she had to endure. |
| Cathy Bourne |
| February 18, 2012 04:41 PM |
My daughter visited the Ann Frank exhibit on loan in our city with her junior high class. Each child in the class was "paired" with a holocaust victim by receiving a lavalier. Ironically, the women who my daughter was randomly given shared her last name, Weidner, and two days separated their birthday's. We celebrated Gabriella Weidner that night as a family and what she sacrificed. It was nice to find her on your site and learn more about her. |
| rose |
| February 13, 2012 10:32 AM |
I never stop finding myself amazed that these precious people suffered such unspeakable acts of torture and humiliation; yet those who miraculously survived, did so with such grace! That they can even smile and have positive outlooks on life is miraculous! This Chosen People must bring great pleasure to our Lord as they walk forward in life with such DIGNITY! |
| James Arbuckle |
| January 28, 2012 08:18 PM |
My heart will never be whole again. My soul has been wrenched into peices that can never be rejoined for the love I feel for each and every single human who suffered the slightest injury in the Shoah. I would gladly give my life to alleviate the suffering of even one little hungary baby in the Warsaw ghetto or a favorite Uncle Shmiel in the ditch called Babi Yar. I love them all, each and every mother, father, son, daughter, uncle, cousin, aunt, nephew, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild, and friend. Every man, woman, and child who for a single moment was forced to contemplate a world without themselves. I live in the Fairfax District and each day thank God for my Jewish neighbors. I love them so much it's hurts and every day I wish I could have taken the place of just one who died to take the pain onto myself. When I see and read and hear AntiSemetic action even today my blood boils to steam. Don't they know that as God's Chosen People we are blessed today with Doctors, Lawyers, Craftsman, Bankers who have ALL contributed to the world we have inherited? Each day we take medicine or go to Court or cash a check we owe it to a wonderful Jewish man or women? God Bless you all and thank you...for it is through you that God has chosen to bless the human race and I for one will NEVER FORGET. |
| Ken Bedenbaugh Jr |
| January 19, 2012 07:53 AM |
My father was a chaplain in the 71st. He was a Protestant, but due to the shortage of chaplains, he also conducted Catholic and Jewish services. When Gunskirchen was liberated, he had the horrendous task of being the death records officer. The quote in the article sounded very much like what he told me when I was a boy and it would surprise me little if he was not the source. Pop said very little about the war in his lifetime, but I will always be proud of his service to his country and his fellow soldiers. |
| Katie Mendiola |
| January 13, 2012 10:40 AM |
Thank you to all the people that gave their lives to remind us of how lucky we are. |
| Emily |
| January 09, 2012 11:31 PM |
Just recently my class finished reading The Diary of Anne Frank and watching the movies. I was horrified that so many thousands of people were forced to go to concentration camps, and that most of them were killed. Even worse, many of the people killed were just children. So many inhumane acts were done by Hitler just because he wanted there to only be 'perfect' people, and because of that everyone who survived this war would never be the same. Anne was a very brave person. Despite all the horrors she must have seen and felt, Anne still remained hopeful.If she had not written her diary, I'm sure many people would still be ignorant of the terrible things that happened during World War II. |
| Maggie Warren |
| December 06, 2011 02:15 PM |
I am so inspired by the brave acts that you and so many others preformed during the darkest time of our history. I hope you continue your hard work. Thank you, Maggie |
| Heather Scott |
| December 02, 2011 02:47 AM |
Just finished watching "Hidden in Silence".....An excellent example of 'humanity' during a time of 'world gone crazy'. It is refreshing to know that, no matter 'who', 'when', 'where', or 'why', people like Stefania will ALWAYS be. Let not history repeat itself ever again! |
