photography – Page 25 – Lorin Duckman Today

Auschwitz Bedroom

Typhoid and dysentry and who knows what else. No sheets. No blankets. Shit through the slats. Next day, move the bodies from the gas chamber to the crematorium. Take a wiff. Listen in. Workers died from disease, exhaustion and malnutrition. Many killed. Replaced. How did the Nazis do this? Few stood up for fear of death, never thinking about others. The autocrats took over, spreading their lies about the Jews. Only Aryan children were allowed to survive. Horrific understates the evilness.

SHINDLER’S LIST

So, these people were on Shindler’s list, a list typed up by Isaak Stern who faces us in the middle panel, third row from the bottom, third from the right. Bless the righteous.

Gene Joyner – Unbelievable Acres

Gene Joyner built a Tropical Rain Forest in West Palm Beach called “Unbelievable Acres.”

The park suffered terrible damage during last year’s Hurricane Irma. He’s bringing it back, but some financial help is needed. I wrote Melania Trump after she visited Morikami in nearby Delray Beach. Have not heard from her.

Auschwitz Banal #1

So, it looks like a room that has fallen into disrepair, but is isn’t. People shed their clothes, their jewelry, their eyeglasses, canes and everything that they had, and led their children and their friends and families and fellow Jews into this space to be gassed. The door was shut. The gas released. And they suffered a painful and miserable death. It took about 20 minutes.

Auschwitz Escapee Dies

Herman Shine died. He was one of the few to escape from Auschwitz. Less than 150 did. 1,100,000 didn’t. Some never made it to the gate. They died on the transport or were killed when they got off the train. Some were tortured by Mengele or raped by the soldiers before being executed. Shine was lucky to be young,fit and had help. The less lucky, children, the elderly and handicapped died quickly. Most died painfully from the gas.

The Jews weren’t the only ones killed here and in the camp across the tracks. Intellectuals went first. Gypsies, Russians, Polish sympathizers and other nationalities. No one said boo or boo hoo.