What follows are within thoughts thought and locked away –
hidden feelings expressed by a friend on her visit to Prague and into the Camp
called Terezin Memorial:
“Terezin
Briefly”
cji
2/4/18
Nothing
expected in my mind
vague
thinking quite different
entering
upon hallowed space
evil
mortalities awful waste!
Now
peaceful and restless
birds
amid the sounds heard
strange
and oft emptiness
Terezin
briefly in darkness!
Copyright © 2018 – cji
(Prologue:
cji
2/4/18
Back to
the 18th Century
this
small area of defense
bordering
roads/rivers
where
troops must pass
therefore
a fortress built
able to
be defended all
walls
countering walls
built
for protection only
so
thought 160 years ago
now
found a prison only
eliminating
a race/culture
meant
to house 7,000
now
housing over 40,000
elderly
Jews and children
projected
as a Ghetto
seen a
Concentration camp
how
many died within
sent to
be murdered away
sent to
be murdered away!)
Copyright © 2018 – cji
(1)
“Breathing
Within”
cji
2/4/18
None
can capture a soul
for
each is always free
subdued
and restricted
still
able to think express
silenced
with a voice
creatively
to endure
children
with drawings
musicians
with scores
playwrights
with theater
artists
with their paintings
breathing
within walls
meant
only to suffocate
for
each is always free
none
can capture a soul!
Copyright © 2018 – cji
(2)
“Water,
Water”
cji
2/4/18
Contaminated
within camp
people
getting sick/dying
those
within the camp
prisoners
found a way
Germans
supplying parts
made a
system to serve
not
only the whole camp
with
extra for cleansing!
Copyright © 2018 – cji
(3)
“The
Pool”
cji
2/4/18
Now
with water clean
if not
fully pure better
prisoners
to build a pool
for
families – children
not for
them but guards
in the
process 60 died
continuing
the abuses
of
those without rations
and
without outside help
to
build a fire station
have
prisoners serve
police
inside the ghetto
even to
construction
making
space for humans
40K+
into room for 7K!
Copyright © 2018 – cji
(4)
“Muster”
cji
2/4/18
In the
freezing cold
Muster
was called for all
"Bohušovicer Kessel Census"
old
friend from the past
hypothermia
returns to claim
over
300 lives died today
amid
the 40,000+ present
inducing
further insult
insanely
gone berserk
unrighteous
dominion
exercised
to fullest!
Copyright © 2018 – cji
(5)
“Emotions”
cji
2/4/18
Almost
without feelings
recording
keeping records
day by
day hour by hour
little
shoe boxes filled
ashes
now with names
sitting
there repetitively
without
emotions cold
while
he was unmoved
tears
surrendered oft
pounding
my cheeks
within
such distresses!
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(6)
“The
Children”
cji
2/4/18
15,000+
entrapped within
small
children to under 16
some
with their families
many
watching friends
newly
made taken away
of this
massive number
between
93 and 150
survived
to feel freedom
and
thus the horrors
embraced
living again!
Copyright © 2018 – cji
(7)
“88,000
Shipped”
Cji
2/4/18
Known
as a holding camp
doing
its job very well
of the
some 154,000
88,000
shipped away
to
Auschwitz/Treblinka
their
epitaph read DOA
from
transport to chamber
others
shot getting off
some
specially marked
some
men forced to watch
wives
and children first
then
they too were murdered!
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(8)
“33,000”
cji
2/4/18
These
died within Terezin
illness,
depravations
hypothermia,
bugs
diseases
of all kinds
stress
to was a cause
and
then just before
with an
end in sight
typhus
epidemic came
finished
work unfinished!
Copyright © 2018 – cji
(9)
“Others”
cji
2/4/18
As a
ghetto or camp
POW
were not there
however
they were
in
violation of law
the
Geneva Convention
therefore
a war crime
others
from Britain
New
Zealand/Australia
as a
punishment
reparations
made
cost of
blood/horror!
Copyright © 2018 – cji
(10)
“Too
Much/So Much)
cji
2/4/18
With
leaving much away
unable
to comprehend
repetitive
words express
meaningless
wanderings
tears
stain the paper
ink
bowls emptying
invisible
the feelings
too
much/so much
left to
embrace/expose
sleep
is coming soon
so very
soon too late!
Copyright © 2018 – cji
“Terezin,
Briefly”
cji
2/4/18
(Epilogue:
Is
there only black/white
scenes
clearly etched
a
child’s eyes to see
opening
windows for me
inviting
me within again
someone
holding my hand
softness
and comfort
feeling
helpless to do
other
than to hold hand
allowing
never to do away
Terezin,
briefly visited
within/without
my spirit
embracing
emotions
spent
and helplessness
wherein
now I sleep!)
Copyright © 2018 – cji
'Chuck'
Charles J. Ingerson, CPCM, Fellow (NCMA)
Where
one has been given a Testimony of Jesus Christ much has been given and we’ve
two premises:
“Now this gives us two premises. On the one
hand we are obligated and required to know the doctrines of the Church. We are
to treasure up the words of eternal life. We are to reason as intelligently as
we are able. We are to use every faculty and capacity with which we are endowed
to proclaim the message of salvation and to make it intelligent to ourselves and
to our Father’s other children. But after we have done that, and also in the
process of doing it, we are obligated to bear testimony—to let the world know
and our associate members of the Church know—that in our hearts, by the
revelation of the Holy Spirit to our souls, we know of the truth and divinity
of the work and of the doctrines that we teach. Bruce R. McConkie
April 1973” https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1973/04/upon-judeas-plains?lang=eng
“Father loves us dearly each day a new sunrise-sunset – with music
and adornments – we can chose to love Him more dearly – but being obedient to
Him always – or … what? To follow the world expecting what? Love teaches –
trials and tribulations – so we too then teach of eternal life and the Gospel
of His Only Begotten Son.” Cjingerson 12/31/17
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