Russian troops relieved Auschwitz at 15.30 on January 27th 1944. The United Nations, to commemorate the event, declared the 27th January as international Holocaust Memorial Day. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, for 2021, is asking to commemorate the event on the theme of … ‘Be a Light in the Darkness‘ … Here is my Light … inspired from the Poem by Alexander Kimel …
John Gorman, January 2021
THE CREED OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
I believe … with all my heart …
In the natural Goodness of People …
This I believe … This I do believe …
This I do believe … with all my heart.
I believe … with all my heart …
That despite the blood and destruction,
Brought by anyone, trying to be a god,
In the Goodness of People …
I believe … This I do believe …
This I do believe .. with all my heart.
I believe … with all my heart …
That people are given the curse and the blessing.
They can select the curse of envy, hatred and prejudice,
Or they can select the blessing of love, harmony and beauty.
This I believe … This I do believe …
This I do believe .. with all my heart.
I believe … with all my heart …
That it is a beautiful world,
The sun and the trees, the flowers and the bees.
And all that nature has to offer
I believe that the best way to live life is
To enjoy the fruits of love.
and the joyful celebration of life.
This I believe …This I do believe …
This I do believe .. with all my heart.
I believe … with all my heart …
That despite …
The massacre in Armenia
The cleansing in Bosnia,
The genocide in Darfur
The cruelty in Cambodia
The hatred in Rwanda …
The horror of the Holocaust
And today, the shame of what is happening to the children in the Yemen
… in love and compassion …
I believe … This I do believe …
This I do believe .. with all my heart.
I believe …
That people will conquer this destructive urge,
And learn how to live in harmony with nature and themselves
I believe …
That all the preachers of hate will be silenced,
That people will stop killing people, in the name of a god,
And will shake hands and not fists
And nation will not lift weapons against nation.
I believe …
In the dawn of a Better World …
A world where we shall all come Together
And speak with one voice and be one People
I believe …
In the natural Goodness of People.
This I believe …
This I do believe … This I do believe …
This I do believe … with all my heart
Please see HMD 2021 video produced by Alsop High School: https://youtu.be/qQQLnpchn9c
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