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Thinking About Holocaust Memorial Day…
Thinking about International Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27. Reading the new book, I found at Heathrow airport, the Latest research - answering My questions: Why? How? Thumbing through recently Discovered forms for Jews to List their assets And finding...
A Jew in a Lutheran School
Sometimes Reading the FB feed Leaves me with sadness And then ...I see an invitation Posted by Petra our friend, From Gemünd. 'A reunion of former students of The Evangelische Schule will Take place on Saturday 9 September.' The program: Sharing memories! The reunion...
An Old Postcard
An old postcard Tiny, blurry photos. Have you ever experienced a Flashback to your own past As you scroll down IG or FB? Petra, a friend from Gemünd, Posted this photo yesterday. The building on the lower left Is my first school. Jewish children were allowed To attend...
Search me O Lord
In the Dermatologist's Waiting room Sitting, stroking Our devices The Time magazine cover Shouts silently. Search me O Lord, Help me to pull out The poisonous roots From my own heart.
Symbols
As I watch swastikas carried through the crowded streets of Charlottesville, VA, USA, on August 12, 2017, another picture comes to mind. I am in my home town, Gemünd (Eifel), Germany. The date is April 29, 1937. The streets are crowded with people. There are...
A Response to Charlottesville from Church Leaders, Richmond, VA
From Metro Richmond Pastors and Ministry Leaders A STATEMENT OF UNITY August 21, 2017 PREAMBLE As pastors and ministry leaders in Richmond, Virginia, we desire to express, with a unified voice, our sorrow over last weekend’s tragic events in Charlottesville. These...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Old pictures of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Evoke deep sorrow Yet his tragic story Brings surprising Consolation & wisdom For our world today... His study in Berlin Place of hanging Seeking heroes.... Today, in Germany, Many streets and Public buildings are named after...
Charlottesville, Virginia
As a Jew (married to a Virginian gentile), Born in Germany, 11 months before Hitler seized power, How do I respond to the familiar sounds of Fear, hatred, contempt, anger, violence, and death, Echoing in the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia? Yesterday, was the...
What Is the Wittenberg 2017 Initiative?
A Catholic lay leader with a Ph.D. in history gave a lecture on the medieval papacy. With a historian’s precision, she characterized the sins against which Martin Luther protested – lust for power, sexual immorality, greed. After finishing, she returned to her...
Thankful to have known Ann Cogdell
Thankful to have known Ann Cogdell. We were together last summer Ann, John, Elizabeth with George and I, revisiting My childhood stories, In Gemünd on Dreibornerstrasse. (Anne in a purple blouse). "Precious in the sight Of the Lord is the Death of His saints." Psalm...