Constance La France Poet Narrative

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A Historic Event

 
The Nazi concentration camps were liberated
by allies of the Second World War . . . 
they found camps filled with sick and starving people
including children and babies
the Germans attempted to hide the evidence
of mass murder by trying to demolish 
the gas chambers, but parts remained as evidence
prisoners were forced on death marches 
with no food or water or shoes or warm clothes
and of course tens of thousands died before reaching a destination
some were shot when they could not keep up . . . 
Bergen-Belsen camp was liberated 
by the British forces
what they found I am sure haunted the soldiers forever
thousands, thousands of dead bodies lay strewn throughout the camp
barracks held 60,000 starving ill people including children
and they found mass graves and cremation ovens
this is what happens when a dictator tries to
exterminate a race of people . . .

On April 15, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated
by the British Forces -  what they found is unfathomable to comprehend. 

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September 18, 2030


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Written for the contest, A Historic Event
sponsor, William Kekaula

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Joanna Daniel September 18, 2020 at 10:51 PM Horrific history, Constance, you have written well:) I too chose to write on the holocaust... Constance La France September 19, 2020 at 8:34 AM Jo, thank you for the compliment on my poem and I am going to go look at your holocaust poem _Constance

Rico Leffanta September 18, 2020 at 11:17 AM Be sure to send Donald J. Trump a copy! Aloha! Rico Constance La France September 19, 2020 at 8:40 AM Rico, thank you for visiting my poem and commenting, yes I think Trump and Hitler have the same cold hearts _Constance

Daniel Turner September 18, 2020 at 9:12 AM ...and yet some folks still say it never happened. The more we talk about it, the less likely we are to repeat such horror. Good luck, Constance. bound to be close to the top. Constance La France September 19, 2020 at 8:42 AM Daniel, thanks for visiting and commenting, yes I have heard of those non believers, I wonder how they explain all the photographs taken during the liberation of the camps _Constance

Bobby May September 18, 2020 at 8:44 AM This, I am sure will be a sad one, so far so good Sis! lol Constance La France September 19, 2020 at 8:44 AM Bobby, thanks for visiting my not complete poem, all done now, I wept while writing this poem, it cuts deep in the heart, how can the non believers deny the photographs and accounts of the survivors, how _Constance