re-lite: Holocaust Memorial Day 2016 – Lily’s journey

Watch the video, read the words and spend a short while in silence to think on what you have seen and read

Link to video on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/86507981

 

Never shall I forget

Elie Wiesel

Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith for ever.
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never.

Reproduced from: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/poetry/never-shall-i-forget-elie-wiesel

 

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