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Stephen Kline's avatar

My uncle helped liberate a camp, same one depicted in Band of Brothers. These neo-nazis are a smear on humanity

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Joan Halgren's avatar

Marianne, my heart goes out to you tonight on this solemn occasion. I shall be lighting a candle and praying in rememberance too. I was fortunate enough to learn the truth of those horrid days directly from those who managed to escape from the worst when I was volunteering with Amnesty International--writing letters in the late 1970s to country leaders to help save others from harm.

I met concentration camp survivors at more than one AI meeting--a woman who showed me the I.D. number carved onto her wrist at a camp. Then, another lady, a physician, and we became dear friends since we both worked together at the same public teaching hospital. Her life was spared since she was a medical student in Berlin. She told me how she escaped from being captured by riding the trains and that her large blue eyes and lighter-colored hair made her fit more easily among the majority--at least that's what she thought attributed to her safety. She came from Poland, and upon returning to her village after the war--no one survived that she knew: her parents, siblings, cousins or friends. Gone.

I always marveled at how my friend had the courage and strength to go on and find a new life. She did have a son. And we always shared updates with each other--she loved talking about the the latest movies. She's gone now but I will be thinking of her this evening, along with others whose lives have been lost or harmed due to horrific circumstances.

Peace and love to all who read Marianne's heartfelt message!

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