DISCUSSIONS
- << previous
- 1
- next >>
I'm not sure if I want to post this, if the title is any good, if I should post this here, etc., but I have a pretty cool story to tell. It involves the Holocaust which was during the World War 2 period, so I tohugh I could post it here. Anyways, they got a Holocaust survivor to come in and speak at my school today. It was pretty cool. He told us about his experience for a while (I could try to recount that if anyone wants), and some other things. There was a time for questions at the end, too. Interesting in itself, but it gets better (At least for me). Some time after the Assembly, as I was going to my next class, I spotted the guy in the hall. I walked right up to him, thanked him for his time, and shook his hand. I just really wanted to share that. I mean, how many people can say they've shook hands with a Holocust Survivor? I'm sorry if this isn't the right place for this, or if I should even be posting this, but I really just wanted to share.
DEMONS
I don't mind, I honestly think it's pretty cool 
"I am not your son"
~JPS
- cavetroll1304
- MHII, MH GOLD
- location: United States
- joined: Aug 10, 2009
- posts: 1260
Please do. Its always interesting to hear different people's accounts of it.
- Carl
- location: United States
- joined: Aug 10, 2009
- posts: 241
Carl said
Please do. Its always interesting to hear different people's accounts of it.
Well, if I remember correctly, he was born in Czechslovakia. In 1944, when he was around 14 or something like that, he and his family were sent to a Concentration Camp in Poland (Auschwitz, I think), though, of course, they were not told this when they were forced to leave. His mother and brother were killed (I think), so all that was left was him and his father, whom were seperated after about a week, if I rememmber correctly. There was this whole thing were the thing of people he was in or something was going to get sent to the Gas Chamber (I didn't catch too much of this part) or something of the nature, but he was saved by... Someone, I don't know. I apologize for my forgetfulness on this. It's just not the same when someone else is telling the story.
Anyway, he and others in the camp were eventually moved elsewhere. He said it was because the Germans didn't want the Soviets to liberate the camp or something like that. I believe they were transferd somewhere in East Germany, and then Austria. In Austria, or at least I think it was in Austria, they were liberated by the American 3rd Army. He eventually managed to get back home with the help of some Russians. When he got home, I believe there were Germans living in his house, but I think he got the Russians to get them out (Asking that the people be given 24 hours, he made a point of this). His father managed to make his way home as well. The man decided to leave Czechslovakia, as he didn't want to live under Communist Rule, but his father stayed because he was too old. He made his way to the United Kingdom, and then to the United States, where he had family, in Buffalo New York, I believe. There was this thing where he hitch-hiked all the way to New York City, but I'm not sure why he did that.
Around the time of the Korean War, he was drafted into the Army. He was going to be sent to fight in Korea, but was sent to Germany to be part of the occupying force instead. Then he went into this thing about how he was excited because he was going to get even, and that he's now going to get even by doing things like this. He also said some other things, tohugh I can't remember them all. I'm doing by best to retell his story, but it's not as interesting than actually watching him talk about it. I just can't do his telling justice, no matter how hard I try.
DEMONS
I can't even begin to imagine the sheer terror that guy went through. Could any of us even begin to comprehend being taken from everything we've known or cared about. Forced into a camp and subjected to torture through forced labor, starvation, and possibly medical experimentation. To have actually lived through one of the darkest times of human history and share his story with others must have been a trip to hear.
"Hurrah, boys, we've got them! We'll finish them up and then go home to our station."
General George Armstrong Custer
- Doctor_Nick
- MHII
- location: United States
- joined: Mar 03, 2010
- posts: 111
Doctor_Nick said
I can't even begin to imagine the sheer terror that guy went through. Could any of us even begin to comprehend being taken from everything we've known or cared about. Forced into a camp and subjected to torture through forced labor, starvation, and possibly medical experimentation. To have actually lived through one of the darkest times of human history and share his story with others must have been a trip to hear.
Simply put, No.
"Mors ultima linea rerum est mortalis."
- MajorLufbery
- MHII, MH GOLD
- location: France
- joined: Aug 12, 2009
- posts: 1173
FDR said
I'm not sure if I want to post this, if the title is any good, if I should post this here, etc., but I have a pretty cool story to tell. It involves the Holocaust which was during the World War 2 period, so I tohugh I could post it here. Anyways, they got a Holocaust survivor to come in and speak at my school today. It was pretty cool. He told us about his experience for a while (I could try to recount that if anyone wants), and some other things. There was a time for questions at the end, too. Interesting in itself, but it gets better (At least for me). Some time after the Assembly, as I was going to my next class, I spotted the guy in the hall. I walked right up to him, thanked him for his time, and shook his hand. I just really wanted to share that. I mean, how many people can say they've shook hands with a Holocust Survivor? I'm sorry if this isn't the right place for this, or if I should even be posting this, but I really just wanted to share.
Do you remember his name? He must go around to a lot of schools and do this.
Make This Pledge:
War is peace.
Slavery is freedom.
Ignorance is strength.
AlfredBNJ said
FDR said
I'm not sure if I want to post this, if the title is any good, if I should post this here, etc., but I have a pretty cool story to tell. It involves the Holocaust which was during the World War 2 period, so I tohugh I could post it here. Anyways, they got a Holocaust survivor to come in and speak at my school today. It was pretty cool. He told us about his experience for a while (I could try to recount that if anyone wants), and some other things. There was a time for questions at the end, too. Interesting in itself, but it gets better (At least for me). Some time after the Assembly, as I was going to my next class, I spotted the guy in the hall. I walked right up to him, thanked him for his time, and shook his hand. I just really wanted to share that. I mean, how many people can say they've shook hands with a Holocust Survivor? I'm sorry if this isn't the right place for this, or if I should even be posting this, but I really just wanted to share.
Do you remember his name? He must go around to a lot of schools and do this.
Sorry, I don't. Maybe something with a R in it. I'm not sure, though.
DEMONS
What a scary expierence. Never knowing what would happen to you. Granted, I cant say anything with great finality, because I wasnt there, but, yeesh. Makes me thankfull that I wasnt a part of that era.
SWAG
ScientificWildAssGuess
- MajorWinters
- location: Unknown
- joined: Jan 06, 2010
- posts: 38
I am trying to remember the name of a movie, all black and white, that had some very very detailled scenes from inside a concentration camp. "Schindlers List" or something. You WILL have bad dreams for days to come, tho, so beware!
O.o
How do you forget the movie? It's absolutely amazing and moving. Schindler's List is the movie title.
"I am not your son"
~JPS
- cavetroll1304
- MHII, MH GOLD
- location: United States
- joined: Aug 10, 2009
- posts: 1260
FDR said
...how many people can say they've shook hands with a Holocust Survivor?
My ninth grade Science teacher, Mr. Douglas, was a Holocaust survivor. When he rolled up his sleeves or wore short-sleeve shirts, you could easily see the number tattoo on his forearm. He was a cheery, upbeat, jovial person and one of my favorite teachers. But you could tell that he never fully recovered physically because he still had the skull-with-eyeballs look on his face, and he still almost-shaved his head like they did in the camps (lice control?). But you couldn't get him to discuss life in the camps; only that he had been there.
Just now, thinking back over the years, it dawns on me that "Douglas" would have been a highly unusual name for anyone sent to a concentration camp. That, in itself, must make for a fascinating story!
"Until you know what is worth dying for, Life isn't worth living."
"Choose wisely"
- CaptainPatch
- MHII, MH
- location: United States
- joined: May 23, 2010
- posts: 1758
'Douglas' may have been a post-war conversion so as to not bring up too many memories.
"War is not a life; it is a situation. One which may neither be ignored nor accepted.”
-T.S. Elliot
"Sex is the most fun you can have without laughing."
-Woody Allen
EasyC said
'Douglas' may have been a post-war conversion so as to not bring up too many memories.
Possible. But couple that "Douglas" with an obviously genuine American Midwest (Wisconsin) accent. [That is, he didn't "talk funny" for 9th-grader ears.]
"Until you know what is worth dying for, Life isn't worth living."
"Choose wisely"
- CaptainPatch
- MHII, MH
- location: United States
- joined: May 23, 2010
- posts: 1758
- << previous
- 1
- next >>
