Wednesday, September 21, 2005

שלום


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One day I stood on the steps of the Capitol and read the names of people from a little Polish village. It it seemed to take an infinitely long time and I stumbled. Just names, and ages. I didn't weep then, but I am now as I remember that list ~~ from babies to grandparents. All perished.
· Albanien: 600

· Bulgarien: 11.000

· Dänemark: 50

· Deutsches Reich: 165.000

· Frankreich und Belgien: 32.000

· Griechenland: 60.000

· Italien: 7.600

· Jugoslawien: 55.000-60.000

· Luxemburg: 1.200

· Niederlande: 102.000

· Norwegen: 735

· Österreich: 65.000

· Polen: 2.700.000

· Rumänien: 211.000

· Sowjetunion: 2.100.000-2.200.000

· Tschechoslowakei: 143.000

· Ungarn: 502.000


Simon Wiesenthal, שלום

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

puddle ~~ I'm *honored* that you were my first commentor!

Namaste!

puddle said...

Paine, Simon Wiesenthal died yesterday.

jc said...

Very moving tribute.

Anonymous said...

Wow
ditto, JC