Comments on: Holocaust Day - Remembering, Reliving http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/ The latest in policital news and the war in Iraq Wed, 7 Jan 2009 20:18:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: tanicacid http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151041 tanicacid Thu, 01 May 2008 22:31:49 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151041 Great story...lest we forget. Great story…lest we forget.

]]> By: kozanne http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151118 kozanne Thu, 01 May 2008 23:47:40 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151118 A Remembrance of my own: The Seamstress A tiny little woman made of steel Who could quiet a group of 12 year old girls with a look Who made all her own clothes She taught …well, tried to teach us how to sew We cut, we matched, we threaded, we giggled We enjoyed the sunshine in her sewing room Sometimes we talked, sometimes we worked Teacher had an accent, it was hard for me to understand her I was 12 years old, didn’t know any other language except ‘Montanan’ And in Montana, you can end your sentences with prepositions if you want I was sewing something…well, probably ripping something out And I asked her, “Where are you from?” “I am from Holland.” “How did you come to America?” “I came after the war.” “You were in the war?” I was 12 years old, ‘the war’ was a movie She asked me if I knew who Anne Frank was I said yes, I’d -- seen the movie Teacher hid Jews in her home during the war And the Nazis came and searched the house from time to time And the tiny little woman made of steel prayed to God And tried not to reveal her abject terror And they never got caught Decades have passed, I still can’t sew Can’t remember a thing Except for what she did in the war She’s in her 90’s now I think She’s still alive A tiny little woman made of steel Who makes all her own clothes For Mrs. Nilsson with love Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2008 A Remembrance of my own:

The Seamstress

A tiny little woman made of steel
Who could quiet a group of 12 year old girls with a look
Who made all her own clothes
She taught …well, tried to teach us how to sew

We cut, we matched, we threaded, we giggled
We enjoyed the sunshine in her sewing room
Sometimes we talked, sometimes we worked
Teacher had an accent, it was hard for me to understand her
I was 12 years old, didn’t know any other language except ‘Montanan’
And in Montana, you can end your sentences with prepositions if you want

I was sewing something…well, probably ripping something out
And I asked her, “Where are you from?”
“I am from Holland.”
“How did you come to America?”
“I came after the war.”
“You were in the war?”
I was 12 years old, ‘the war’ was a movie

She asked me if I knew who Anne Frank was
I said yes, I’d — seen the movie
Teacher hid Jews in her home during the war
And the Nazis came and searched the house from time to time
And the tiny little woman made of steel prayed to God
And tried not to reveal her abject terror
And they never got caught

Decades have passed, I still can’t sew
Can’t remember a thing
Except for what she did in the war

She’s in her 90’s now I think
She’s still alive
A tiny little woman made of steel
Who makes all her own clothes

For Mrs. Nilsson with love
Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2008

]]> By: TO (typical white person) http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151119 TO (typical white person) Thu, 01 May 2008 23:48:15 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151119 There should be a national day recognizing the Holocaust. It should ALWAYS be made a big deal. There should be a national day recognizing the Holocaust. It should ALWAYS be made a big deal.

]]> By: Marc Stockwell-Moniz http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151162 Marc Stockwell-Moniz Fri, 02 May 2008 00:45:33 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151162 :arrow: Lftbhndagn, What a great story. thanx and God bless you, Aunt Mary and the Singer Family. :arrow: kozanne, You should try to find Mrs. Nilsson. That would be way cool. :arrow: Lftbhndagn,
What a great story. thanx and God bless you, Aunt Mary and the Singer Family.
:arrow: kozanne,
You should try to find Mrs. Nilsson. That would be way cool.

]]> By: JewishOdysseus http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151229 JewishOdysseus Fri, 02 May 2008 02:47:34 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/holocaust-day-remembering-reliving/#comment-151229 Seventy years ago, there existed a Jewish civilization in Europe which in many ways exceeded the modern state of Israel. It had its own language, newspapers, and a rich literary tradition; its own music and artistic culture; its own educational system, and courts; and many of its members were recognized as among the brightest lights of Europe. All this civilization lacked was a few thousand tanks, and jets, and perhaps a nuclear bomb or two; and because of that, it was utterly destroyed. Have we not allowed the wisdom accrued from that unimaginably harsh lesson to go completely to waste, in just one lifetime? :sad: Seventy years ago, there existed a Jewish civilization in Europe which in many ways exceeded the modern state of Israel. It had its own language, newspapers, and a rich literary tradition; its own music and artistic culture; its own educational system, and courts; and many of its members were recognized as among the brightest lights of Europe. All this civilization lacked was a few thousand tanks, and jets, and perhaps a nuclear bomb or two; and because of that, it was utterly destroyed.

Have we not allowed the wisdom accrued from that unimaginably harsh lesson to go completely to waste, in just one lifetime?

:sad:

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