Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

It's 60 years today that the Russians liberated Auschwitz, no doubt
there have been/will be memorial services held.

Mothy...

snipped

My dad got out a few days previously, there seemed to be a good

andon...

SNIP as many have quoted it in full.

Thanks for sharing that Jeff.
I found it very poignant to see such a personal treasure.

grapevine in operation and a small group of British soldiers decided
that getting rescued by 'Ivan' wasn't necessarily a good option :-)

I still have the telegram my dad's brother sent to my mum:

BunnyHare...

Good to keep a momento and for the story to be passed down the
generations so that we never forget.

***************
ATS/ 236999 DRIVER COX W C COY 32 URD EGLINTON PARK IRVINE AYR

RON SAFE AT ODESSA AWAITING TRANSPORT

LOVE FRANK
***************

Must have created a massive sigh of relief in the whole family.

Rabbit...

And a wonderful memory to keep. Eglinton Park BTW is in my part of the
world.

It seems only a few years ago I was helping dad decorate my
grandmother's house and removing the remnants of the 'Welcome Home Ron'
banner from the front :-)

May it never happen again.

Rabbit...

Amen to that.

andon...

Indeed. It must not go unmarked. That is the first step toward things
being forgotten.

Mothy...

Hear, hear,
We visited Auschwitz and Birkenau on our visit to Poland last summer.
This was the most solemnizing experience we have ever experienced.
Visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau has an immediate effect, we went with a
bubbly group of people but going round the site we hardly said a word to
each other it really makes you so introspective. You can't believe the
scale of what happened until you make the visit. Go, but be prepared to

Jeff Gaines...

I have looked at the web site and e-mailed them but I'm not sure I
could handle a visit.

Soaking in the bath and thinking about it I decided it must actually be
the 61st anniversary, if it's the 60th the impact on my age and
parentage doesn't bear thinking about :-)

BunnyHare...

Its ok - don't worry. 61st anniversary it is

be shocked.

BunnyHare...

I echo that hope