Josh Broward
November 30, 2008
In 1928, on the border of Hungary and Romania, a Jewish family celebrated the birth of a son. God had blessed them. On the eighth day he was circumcised to show his participation in the covenant God had started with Abraham.
While this boy, Elie Wiesel, was still growing up, World War 2 began. Nazi Germany began moving across Europe sucking nation after nation into its dominating war machine which pretended to be Christian. In 1944, the German authorities put all of the Jews in Elie's home town into a ghetto and later into Auschwitz, a “concentration” camp.
In Auschwitz, Elie and his father endured near starvation, hard work, torture, and watching the death and execution of thousands of others. Elie and two of his sisters survived, but his father, mother, and younger sister all died at Auschwitz.
In his famous book, Night, Elie Wiesel tells of his experiences in a work camp connected to Auschwitz. ...
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2 comments:
I went to Auschwitz -- which was the first place and then to Berkinaw, which was more like the prison camps -- horrific and horrendous -- it was disturbing to realize that people can be so evil to eliminate others based on their religious beliefs. The sights tell a story of their own, of the painful torture & destruction of the Jewish people. If you ever get a chance and you are in the Washington DC area, check out the Holocaust Museum there -- it will take you 3 hours to go through. Even though I did go to Auschwitz, the Museum was awesome and tells the same story of the suffering and anguish of the Jewish people. No one can leave those places unaffected.
Several years ago my Dad took me to the Holocaust Museum in Houston. It was awe inspiring. We were actually able to speak with a Polish man who survived the concentration camps. I will never forget that day.
One part that really stands out to me is the map of occupied countries with the numbers of Jews killed in each country. Most had thousands. Some had millions. Denmark had zero. The king and queen of Denmark decided that they would not allow any of their people to be killed like that. Following the example of the king and queen, the entire nation of Denmark identified with the suffering of the Jews and wore the star of David. This saved the life of every Danish Jew!
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