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In Dedication and In Memory of Clare Hollingworth

That she was the first to report on the start of World War Two may be seem as a stroke of good luck, however, she was before this active in helping many escape Poland and get visa’s to the UK, and her career only started with this event. She reported all over the world, and was a great woman, in an era where this was not the norm.

The news article you see was hers, at the time it was not normal to attribute the news to the reporter.

It saddens me to see such great spirits go, a deep sadness.

From Wiki

Clare Hollingworth, OBE (10 October 1911 – 10 January 2017) was an English journalist and author, who was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, described as "the scoop of the century". As a reporter for The Daily Telegraph in 1939, while travelling from Poland to Germany she spotted and reported German forces massed on the Polish border; three days later she was the first to report the German invasion of Poland.

Thousands

Thousands living in fear
For they knew Hitler was growing near
In Poland her career would soon to be
As she helped scared persecuted to flee

Gas chambers were yet to come
For not all heeded the warnings of this young one
Compassion and determination
Made her the first in reporting the War of all Nations

A thousand horses and a thousand horsemen
A thousand tanks, her story found both ink and pen
Hollering of the invasion to be
Her worth all would soon well see

As German troops invaded Poland
Her report the first of World War number 2
The first female War correspondent so new
Setting the stage for all the brave lasses who followed through

Days long ago when a woman’s job just wasn’t so
She led the way, helping thousands begin a new pathway
She was the model for those who came after
She never quit, until death's battle 

Her beauty had faded at the age of one hundred and five
Her moxy and determination they stayed vibrant and alive
She sipped champagne to the very end, one oh five
A tear for the lady, whose bravery defeated an evil campaign

Clare au Lune
For all tiss worth
You were and angel 
Brave on the front lines of truth

Rest in peace, divine, for all time

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Maurice Yvonne

Date: 1/21/2017 9:12:00 PM

Great work. Love how you used the word 'Thousands'! A Fav!

Charlie Smith

Date: 1/21/2017 6:53:00 PM

So many brave stories from so much terror, a fitting tribute Arthur, bravo...

Jean Murray

Date: 1/21/2017 5:04:00 PM

I read about her life in the newspaper after she died. An amazing woman who knew no bounds.

Jean Murray
Date: 1/23/2017 5:32:00 AM

Well it is now you are my Valentine.x

Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/21/2017 5:56:00 PM

Thanks Jean , hope all is well with you!!!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/21/2017 12:21:00 PM

Arthur, your wonderful poem will help immortalize this brave lady, helping to keep her memory alive. It is a beautiful tribute! I did not know of her until now, so thank you! : ) 7

Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/21/2017 4:19:00 PM

Thank you Connie, very kind of you!

Darren White

Date: 1/20/2017 11:29:00 PM

Years and years after WWII, and under very different circumstances, I travelled about that same route and distance. Nowe I will look up her history and read more. Thank you for this, and for the wonderful poem about her.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/21/2017 12:21:00 PM

Thanks Darren!

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 1/20/2017 3:26:00 PM

She was a remarkable woman and God blessed her with quite a long life.I visited the gas chambers and concentration camps of warsaw..An experience hard to forget...Visited in my teens and left so much sadness in my life..whenever I think of those people and children who died..Saw their luggages..and prison striped pygamas with numbers...glasses..So many ...I still have goosebumps when I remember.Lovely dedication Art.

Arthur Vaso
Date: 1/20/2017 9:40:00 PM

I can imagine Charmaine, I think its great, not the horrors of it but visiting and understanding, so that history doesn't repeat itself. Thank you so much!