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 Anniversary of
Maximillian Kolbe’s death, by lethal injection,
In Auschwitz.
After he offered his life in the place of
A Jewish prisoner, on 14 August, 1941.
“The most deadly poison of our time is
Indifference”. Maximillian Kolbe
Photograph and words adapted from Ryan Thurman’s
Facebook page.
