Thursday, June 25, 2009

I was watching "The Doll Master" and that's why missed a good half an hour of "Auschwitz - Search for Redemption". That’s a pity because they were showing how some of the Nazis at least were brought to book following Germany’s fall.

What was poignant were the stories told by the survivors of the Holocaust। One lady looked at a Sepia-tinted photograph taken inside Auschwitz and pointed out to her Aunt with her 4 children who were sent to the gas chamber immediately on coming to the camp – the youngest of the children was barely 2 years old। :-(

Another survivor recalled how he visited his home after the war – only to be found that it was occupied by someone else. When he pointed to the armchair his dad was using, the occupant said that he has bought it. The survivor lifted the chair and showed the name carved into the wood. The new occupant also asked him if he has come back to retrieve the treasure left by his dad. He even offered to split it with him 50-50. The man declined and walked away.

When he returned a few years later he found the home abandoned and completely uninhabitable. On inquiring with the neighbors he found that after his last visit the occupant had torn down the walls in the hopes of finding the treasure until he made the house uninhabitable :-(

And finally, an officer who had worked at the camp came in front of the camera and said that he wants to tell everyone who believe that Auschwitz never happened that he was there and it did happen!

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