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| Great Britain: The children of Polish Jews from the region between Germany and Poland on their arrival in London on the "Warsaw". Photographed February 1939 |
Darkness of war is coming
They are the future
Kindertransport-The Kindertransport was a rescue mission that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Free City of Danzig.
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Carpe Diem #107, Children
Haiku Heights #206 - Rescue
Wonderful haiku - timely and true
ReplyDeleteBless forever all those who helped to save the Jewish children!
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Wonderfully said.
ReplyDeleteVery informative post and excellent haiku ~
ReplyDeleteCarol of: A Creative Harbor ^_^
A sad moment in history that should never be forgotten, a reminder where our future lies! Lovely haiku!
ReplyDeleteThis is just terrific in a sad and moving way. Thanks for including history and an educational moment hidden beneath such beautiful, artful words. WOW!
ReplyDeleteWhat a frightful time it was back then. Such a beautiful tribute to those dear little ones.
ReplyDeletegreat haiku... and very informative too..
ReplyDeleteOh, my.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know anything about this.
War is the greatest evil, and WW II seems to have been the most evil of all.
Sad and beautiful haiku.
JzB
Wonderful photo and interesting haiku...very creative!
ReplyDeletethat's bit of history I didn't know! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful haiku!!
ReplyDeletelet's hope history never repeats itself!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to combine the haiku promt with "International Holocaust Remembrance Day". My SIL is working in the "NS Documentation Center of the City of Cologne" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EL-DE_Haus). Her recent project is teaching children about the holocaust. Yesterday she's been on the radio in an interview.
ReplyDeleteVery informative and important haiku, mine went on similar but darker lines.
ReplyDeleteTelling... this is sad yet powerful.
ReplyDeleteEli
Awesome ... indeed children are the future.
ReplyDeleteSo sad and so true.
ReplyDeletethanks for this truth in haiku. nicely done.
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