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Židovska majka u Holokaustu
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There are no words to describe their valor, only prayers.
by Marnie Winston-Macauley
The Ultimate Sacrifice
It was a time, unimaginable. Unthinkable. A time incomprehensible to any mother. Or to anyone human.
Sitting here, almost 70 years later, I still hear the echoes of these mothers. I see the shadows and feel the horror of madness-let-loose. But I also feel unbridled love and admiration for these women who, shoulder-to-shoulder, bore this monstrous beast with courage, conviction, and faith unparalleled.
So many suffered, but on this Mother's Day, we pay tribute to these special women.
When it came to protecting their children, there can be no greater heroes than these Jewish mothers. And no one better words to describe it, then their own words.
In the book
“Jewish Responses to Nazi Persecution,” by Isaiah Trunk
, we see the following testimony from a Jewish mother about to be taken to a concentration camp, dated September 23, 1943...
On this Mother's Day – as we celebrate with carnations, brunches, cards, and words of love – may we all light a candle for these women, for whom there are no words to describe their valor, only prayers.
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