Until you walk thru one of the camps and feel the presence of those who perished, can you fathom how horrendous it must have been. To see photo of bodies stacked like piles of wood or brush, makes our world another Eden. To look at the slaughtering trench and know where human beings stood waiting to be slaughtered and are told that the trench once was full of blood or look at the gas chambers and see the etching of names while they waited for pellets to fall thru the pipes in the top for mercy. This may be gross and I may be kicked out the list but I have seen these and they are burned into my soul. ellen This book is an awesome read! If you have a Kindle or Kindle reader on > your > laptop it was free as of last night. > > The book comes from the diaries, notes, and photos kept by Nonna Bannister > as she grew up in Russia and during her years in German Concentration > Camps. Nonna remained silent about all she had seen and lived through > until > very late in her life. After her death her husband, children and their > mates worked to publish her works. Nonna, a very intelligent woman knew > that sometime all that she had seen and lived through needed to be told to > aid in such atrocities not being repeated. > > I found this through the site posted by Cora Hendricks on Gen *Newbie: * > http://www.ereaderiq.com/free/ > * > * > *Marilyn * > > -- > "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not > appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, > and it starts your day differently." > > Johnny Cash > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My uncle was there and he took pictures and smuggled out the film and I have a copy of those pictures of all those bodies stacked up and the huge pile of their clothing etc. Sickening!! On 1/2/2012 10:21 AM, bruce.mckown@wavelinx.net wrote: > Until you walk thru one of the camps and feel the presence of those who > perished, can you fathom how horrendous it must have been. To see photo > of bodies stacked like piles of wood or brush, makes our world another > Eden. To look at the slaughtering trench and know where human beings > stood waiting to be slaughtered and are told that the trench once was > full of blood or look at the gas chambers and see the etching of names > while they waited for pellets to fall thru the pipes in the top for mercy. > This may be gross and I may be kicked out the list but I have seen these > and they are burned into my soul. ellen >

Dear Ellen, I have only seen these things in documentaries on TV. Even then, it turns one's stomach to think that human beings could do these things to other people. Thank you for sharing. It is history. Genealogy is also history. Happy New Year, Ellen! Jerrian -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of bruce.mckown@wavelinx.net Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 12:21 PM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] "The Secret Holocaust" Until you walk thru one of the camps and feel the presence of those who perished, can you fathom how horrendous it must have been. To see photo of bodies stacked like piles of wood or brush, makes our world another Eden. To look at the slaughtering trench and know where human beings stood waiting to be slaughtered and are told that the trench once was full of blood or look at the gas chambers and see the etching of names while they waited for pellets to fall thru the pipes in the top for mercy. This may be gross and I may be kicked out the list but I have seen these and they are burned into my soul. ellen This book is an awesome read! If you have a Kindle or Kindle reader on > your > laptop it was free as of last night. > > The book comes from the diaries, notes, and photos kept by Nonna > Bannister as she grew up in Russia and during her years in German > Concentration Camps. Nonna remained silent about all she had seen and > lived through until very late in her life. After her death her > husband, children and their mates worked to publish her works. Nonna, > a very intelligent woman knew that sometime all that she had seen and > lived through needed to be told to aid in such atrocities not being > repeated. > > I found this through the site posted by Cora Hendricks on Gen *Newbie: > * http://www.ereaderiq.com/free/ > * > * > *Marilyn * > > -- > "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not > appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our > surroundings, and it starts your day differently." > > Johnny Cash > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bruce, We went thru the Holocaust Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was, as you say, a real eye-opener. I had seen some of the same when I was in Israel. it is unfathomable to me, how people could be so cruel and uncaring! Shalom, NancyT On 1/2/2012 12:21 PM, bruce.mckown@wavelinx.net wrote: > Until you walk thru one of the camps and feel the presence of those who > perished, can you fathom how horrendous it must have been. To see photo > of bodies stacked like piles of wood or brush, makes our world another > Eden. To look at the slaughtering trench and know where human beings > stood waiting to be slaughtered and are told that the trench once was > full of blood or look at the gas chambers and see the etching of names > while they waited for pellets to fall thru the pipes in the top for mercy. > This may be gross and I may be kicked out the list but I have seen these > and they are burned into my soul. ellen > > This book is an awesome read! If you have a Kindle or Kindle reader on >> your >> laptop it was free as of last night. >> >> The book comes from the diaries, notes, and photos kept by Nonna Bannister >> as she grew up in Russia and during her years in German Concentration >> Camps. Nonna remained silent about all she had seen and lived through >> until >> very late in her life. After her death her husband, children and their >> mates worked to publish her works. Nonna, a very intelligent woman knew >> that sometime all that she had seen and lived through needed to be told to >> aid in such atrocities not being repeated. >> >