![]() And like E’s family, they do.Īt the close of the disinfection center exhibit there are hundreds of photographs that had been discovered years after the camp was abandoned by the Germans. We have been here, we try to process-but we just cannot. We light candles, turn our backs, and walk out, which provides another twenty-minute stretch of personal reflection. Glad for the sunglasses, even though there is no sun. I swallow hard and try to blink back the wetness I feel welling in my eyes. tells us that she feels her grandmother smiling down on this extraordinary group of dedicated teachers. There is nothing I can do.Īt the Soviet memorial constructed near the two destroyed gas chamber/crematoria at the end, we have a remembrance ceremony. I want to comfort her, to carry her pack for her. Her mom’s beloved sister was murdered in the quarry after slipping while carrying a large pot of soup in the ice and snow with three other girls. Her grandmother and the little ones were selected upon arrival. Uniform thrown at you, mismatched clogs or shoes.Į’s mother spent two years here. To the disinfection center for those selected to be worked to death. We turn again, and walk past the remains of crematorium Number Four. “So many Hungarian Jews were killed in the Auschwitz camps during that period that the crematoria were incapable of consuming all the bodies, and open pits for the purpose were dug.” Where the bodies were burned in open air. We hope that our message of love and hope transcending time and space resonates, and that it will be contagious. The jetlag disappears as the adrenaline in recounting this powerful story kicks in, though back at the hotel at dinnertime I ordered food, set my head down to relax to await its preparation, and promptly fell asleep for hours… but cold pizza was just fine with me. As you can see, we are pretty passionate about our mission and education, even if only running on four hours of sleep. I will also include the shorter version I recorded from the TV in my hotel room from the evening news. ![]() They took the time to get the story right they cared. I am also sharing a link to the full news story we did at the local NBC affiliate here in Columbus, WCMH. I’ll be in a better frame of mind tomorrow. You can see it here, it will be included in the program. ( Ohio Statehouse last night, me walking by to pick up cold pizza.)Īlso in attendance will be the daughter and son-in-law of 30th Infantry Division Ohio soldier Chuck Kincaid the shock and horror at seeing the survivors of the train just after liberation caused him to write letter to his pastor, which was shared with me by Mark Andersen fourteen (!) years ago.
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