They Weren't Alone

[Zach Caldwell]

[Special Note: The new website is now live. As a result the links throughout this thread are invalid except for the latest posting to the thread. All of Eric Aune stories can now be found at Eric Aune]

Want a good story to read check out They Weren't Alone at http://www.castleroland.net/library/author/eric_aune

 

Story is Completed.

Edited October 5, 2017 by Zach Caldwell
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[Shayn059]

That was the saddest most beautiful thing I have ever read. I saw the movie you mentioned and this also would make a very touching movie. Thank you for writing this story. Thank you very much.

[Wolfhighlander]

Thank you  It was a story I had to write. The bloody thing woke me up in the middle of the night, and forced me to tell it.  Didn't get any work done that day, spent nearly my whole day at work writing it.

[Mary]

Today I am listening to the news from Charlottesville VA, as I moved this file to our new site. I am tearful. 

When I was a small child in Los Angeles, I had a neighbor woman who's left arm had a number tattooed on it. I asked about it and she explained that she alone of her family was a survivor of the Nazi Concentration Camps; except one child who was sent to the United States of America in the 1930s for safety. That child was now grown-up and living across the street from us, married with twin girls my age.

This wonderful woman shared bits of her culture and religion, while embracing American ones. My life was made so much richer for knowing her and having another view of the war that both my parents, uncles and cousins fought in. 

As Americans, we must never forget how easy it is to slide into hate.

Eric, this is a powerful story that rings true. Love is the answer.

Thank you, 

Mary

[Wolfhighlander]

Thank you Mary.  When I first posted it on Saber Peak site, I received an email from a Jewish man in New York who wrote to me and thanked me for writing it, saying it was important to never let this period be forgotten.