A rhyming poem pertinent to the current plight of Syrian refugees. |
The story of Anne Frank has long been told in the diary kept by this young girl as the horrors of Nazism did unfold, with a hidden apartment her whole world. Discovered, arrested, and then confined in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, dead at age fifteen because of blind hatred of Jews by the Nazi nation, Anne Frank might have lived a full life instead. Her family sought safety in the U.S. Refugees fleeing the coming bloodshed, Jews found Americans lacked in kindness. Anne Frank and countless other Jews were turned back by our pre-World War II refusal to come to their aid, their bodies then burned in Nazi ovens. Timing was crucial. As a nation we missed our chance to save countless Jewish refugees. Today more refugees are seeking to flee a grave Syrian threat. Do we again close our door? How many women and children will die because we let our ignorance and fear rule the day? Will we once again stand by as innocents must pay a price too dear? Given the chance to save Jews like Anne Frank, wouldn’t we today rush to help them survive? Current history’s pages now remain blank. Shouldn’t we keep the Anne Franks of today alive? Please check out my ten books: http://www.amazon.com/Jr.-Harry-E.-Gilleland/e/B004SVLY02/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 |