IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN…THE HIGH POINT IN YOUR WEEK
“The weekly gathering of the Fictioneers has commenced. Bring out the halt, the lame, the blind, the murderers and aliens, vampires and vamps. Look carefully and you might see a human or two. Take them all, stir thoroughly, add a dollop of disbelief, a soupçon of silliness. Dip a spoon into the resulting slumgullion: each recipe meticulously prepared, marvelously rendered, tasty to the tongue. Your personal recipe is solicited or feel free to simply feast and go away replete; perhaps not always uplifted, but with your brain stimulated.” —Janet Webb
THE CHALLENGE:
Write a one hundred word story that has a beginning, middle and end. (No one will be ostracized for going over or under the word count.)
THE KEY:
Make every word count.
THE RULES:
- Copy your URL to the Linkz collection. You’ll find the tab following the photo prompt. It’s the little white box to the left with the blue froggy guy. Click on it and follow directions. This is the best way to get the most reads and comments.
- MAKE SURE YOUR LINK IS SPECIFIC TO YOUR FLASH FICTION. (Should you find that you’ve made an error you can delete by clicking the little red ‘x’ that should appear under your icon. Then re-enter your URL. (If there’s no red x email me at Runtshell@aol.com. I can delete the wrong link for you).Thanks to Blogspot bloggers for disabling their CAPTCHAs.
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- REMINDER:
- This page is “FRIDAY FICTIONEERS CENTRAL” and is NOT the place to promote political or religious views. Also, you are responsible for the content of your story and policing comments on your blog. You have the right to delete any you consider offensive.
**Please exercise DISCRETION when commenting on a story! Be RESPECTFUL.**
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My story will follow the prompt for those who might be distracted by reading a story before writing their own . I enjoy your comments.
Genre-Historical Fiction
Word Count-100
MEMORY’S HARVEST
In 1947 six-year-old Lyudmila moved from Poland with Father to her uncle’s dairy farm in upstate New York. She milked cows and gathered eggs. Every morning the Catskills kissed the sky. A bright, happy place for a child.
“So young she won’t remember,” whispered Aunt Dora one night over dinner.
Weeks later Lyudmila twisted her ankle on a tree root.
“Just a sprain,” said Dr. Meinenger. “You will be sehr gut as new, Liebling.”
His gentle touch and familiar accent stirred sleeping memories.
Dr. Mengele’s gloved fingers.
Her twin sister’s severed limbs on the operating table.
Lyudmila would never forget.
To further your education click here. WARNING! Contains graphic material.
Yay, great photo. Now I can go off for my morning walk and get inspired. And cold…
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And now I’ve read your story and the link with it., well as much of it as I could bear to read. Truly horrifying. It’s so hard to come to terms with what human kind can do, has done, and sadly will continue to do. Heartbreaking story Rochelle.
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In all honesty, Sandra, I can’t get through that link either. However I think it bears a peek to see that this isn’t something that never happened as some are wont to believe. Thanks for commenting.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh eek Rochelle I just did 2 posts on pics of houses…my brain now is in overdrive trying to think of a new take! I shall rise to the challenge (hopefully!) 🙂
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Dear Rochelle,
You are good. This is a chilling tale that casts a bright light on a dark, dark place in history. You anesthetize the reader with pastoral scenes and then strap them to the table and begin to operate, leaving sadness and wonderment at the inhumanity of man in train.
Great writing, driver lady.
Aloha,
Doug
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Dear Doug,
As always, your insightful comment leaves me semi-speechless. All that’s left to me in its wake is a simple, humbly whispered “thank you.”
Shalom,
Rochelle
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You actually made me freeze, suddenly…a frozen fear…Doug’s comment is really excellent. Your tale….terrifying.
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Thank you, Managua. The story should be terrifying in its truth.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yes, agreed, and it needs to be told, which is the key, again and again.
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Dear Mrs. Wisoff-Fields,
Your story reminds me of the bright murals painted on the interior of slaughterhouses. Calm the mind then administer the kill shot. I drop to the floor stunned.
Sincerely,
C. Hase
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Dear Mr. Hase,
In kind, your stunning comment makes me drop to the floor. Many thanks.
shalom,
Rochelle
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I have joined in – I think a different take on the photo – but I am yet to read the other contributions. I am a little perplexed as to where I see them though?
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Go to the linkz list. Each icon should take you to a story. Of course mine is on this page. 😉
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wow. what can i say.. Doug said it all! this story is terrifying beyond belief and up to your usual high standards. In awe.
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Thank you, kz. Awe is good. I’ll accept it. Awful is what happened and that there’s such a story to tell in the first place.
😉 Doug has a knack for interpreting and commenting, doesn’t he?
Shalom,
Rochelle
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he sure does. but the words were well-deserved ^^
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Oh dear! No happy endings here. Here’s my somewhat less grisly version…
http://kbnelson.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/friday-flash-fiction-nasty-neighbor/
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No doubt Lyudmila would have some serious therapy to go through. At least I hope so.
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I admit I didn’t “catch” it at first. I went back for a second read and got whammed with realization. Not the sweet little story I thought it was, but a wrenching read. You captured a lot in a few words for sure!
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Dear Claudia,
Thank you for commenting. I shudder at the number of children brutally maimed and mentally scarred. I can’t be silent.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rushed to my computer to see the prompt… Beautiful photo, Janet. Nice intro too, I learned a new word today.
Rochelle woke me up too.
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Thank you, kind sir!
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I enjoyed that intro too 🙂
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Glad to oblige, Sir. Good morning.
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Rochelle, you never disappoint. Your vignette brought out the personal horror of so much that went on during the dark days of that regime and personal is where history lives. It grabs the reader and then wrings out the emotions.
janet
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Thank you, Janet. They were dark days indeed. Even the writing of this depressed me for hours afterward. As a Jewish woman, this is up close and personal to me.
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Goodness what a story! Coincidently I watched, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, just last night. This is another story that reminds me of something I’d never wish on anyone else.
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I haven’t seen that movie, Atiya. Although it’s on my ever-growing bucket list. The stories, be they fact or fiction are unfortunately endless.
The Pianist is one of the best movies of the Holocaust genre I’ve seen and very true to Vladislav Spielman’s memoir by the same title.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I’ve seen The Boy in Striped Pajamas, and its excellent. Poignant, heartwrenching. I’ve watched so many movies about the Holocaust that I can’t even begin to name them all…I could list dozens and dozens if you ever wanted me to. However, I do want to recommend two special ones that I think you should see, that have particular relevance here, one based on the true story of a female Jewish doctor who was taken to Auschwitz and ended up working with Mengele under his orders. She also saved the lives of many many Jewish women who were pregnant when they arrived, by aborting their babies so that the women wouldn’t be killed immediately. Its called Out of the Ashes and the woman’s name was Gisella Perl, she was Hungarian (like my paternal grandparents). Here’s the link to more information about this movie. I was able to see it on YouTube once, I don’t know if I could be able to ever find the link to that movie again, if it hasn’t since been deleted for copyright violations. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311210/ Also, the other movie is called Paper Clips and it deals with young children in the South remembering the Holocaust in a highly interesting and unique, touching way, that impacts the world and has a lasting effect on their tiny deprived town. They even end up importing a cattle car originally used to transport Jews to the camps and they have set it up in the grounds of their school as a permanent memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380615/ I don’t know if you’ve already heard of both of these movies before or even watched them before, but your story with the Mengele reference sort of reminded me of the first movie that I mentioned here, and the second one is really good also, well worth watching. As I said I could recommend dozens and dozens of holocaust movies to you or anyone else who’s interested, I’ve watched and read and written a lot of stuff about the holocaust, its a topic that’s very poignant and really close to me. Thanks so much for your wonderful comments and your support and kind welcome to me here. I really appreciate it. Yes we do have similar backgrounds, both being Jewish, etc. I hope to be published for real myself one day, not just self published, so if you have any advice or suggestions I am very grateful. Thank you so much for everything, Rochelle.
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Another one for you…http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103640/ Alan and Naomi. Very much like the vignette you shared below.
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I’ve bookmarked it. That’s one I gotta watch. Wow. For sure. I don’t know if its on YouTube, will look one day. Thank you so much for the film, I really appreciate it. That sounds like a really good one to watch. Also, thanks for approving my long comment after all. That’s really nice of you. 🙂
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Your story is touching. I’ve read about some of Dr. Mengele’s story. I wrote about a piece about the American Holocaust that history wants to make disappear. One day hopefully the pains will go away.
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Dear Kim,
Personally I hope the pain never completely disappears. When we forget we numbly allow history to repeat itself IMHO. Mengele was a monster of catastrophic proportion. I couldn’t stand to view the entire link myself.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I didn’t either. Bits and pieces at a time.
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Dear Rochelle,
Great story. My breath caught in my chest when I read the Dr.’s name. Oof!
Fondly,
Renee
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Dear Renee,
Nuff said. Thank you.
shalom,
Rochelle
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The poor child was not too young. What a terrible moment in her young life. Nice story and wow! That came out of nowhere.
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Dear Joe,
Actually the story didn’t come out of nowhere. My second two FF stories last spring were also of the same ilk. As a Jewish woman, formerly a Jewish child, the Holocaust is woven into the warp and woof of my being. A fact that I don’t feel bad about.
An article about children of the holocaust sparked my interest recently. Many of these little ones were ignored because they were so young, unthinking adults figured they would either not remember or “get over it.”.
As the writer, I’m as haunted by Lyudmila’s story as is, hopefully, the reader.
Shalom,
Rochelle.
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You definitley brought that through. That was such a horrible time and when i hear political figures from Europ try to deny it even happened I wonder what they have been drinking.
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The wine of denial and narcissism.
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The passage of time and passing of the generations that lived through it also lessen the relevance, sadly.
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Did one of the Fictioneers supply this week’s photo? I credited the name but will link to the blogger is appropriate.
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Janet Webb. I provided a link in the caption line.
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Ok. Thanks for responding Rochelle. I like to help send people to get to know the individuals in Friday Fictioneers. It is a great way to build friends through the process.
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this was amazing!
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You’re very kind, Flossie.
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Thank you, Rochelle: if we forget, we are doomed…a truly grisly and cautionary tale you have spun here…
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Thank you for your insight, AR.
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Rochelle, you do such honor to the victims of past brutalities. Thank you for the care with which you retell their tales.
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Dear Lisa,
Thank you for your kind comments. I can imagine Angelique taking Lyudmila’s sister into her arms.
shalom,
Rochelle
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Oh, that is such a compliment. Thank you, Rochelle.
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WOW…such a heart wrenching history behind this story…
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Dear Boomie,
All too heart wrenching and true. Not my Lyudmila per se, but the real ones.
BTW, I love your new picture. You’re a beautiful lady, my friend.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, that’s all I can say. Complimentary, of course.
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Ha! That works. Thanks, Cuz.
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Schindler’s List was on yesterday. Horrifically followed up by your story. We must never forget.
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Indeed, Iris. Thanks for dropping by. Sorry it wasn’t a happier tale.
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Your story made my stomach turn.
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Dear Dawn,
I’m taking that as a compliment.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I hate to say I ‘loved’ your story because it’s horrific in content, but oh so well-rendered. I’m not sure I want to follow the link, but I know I will. Thanks for being the voice for so many who can’t speak it for themselves.
Life has been hectic in my neck of the woods and I’ve withdrawn a good bit from the social media scene (I’ve been editing at a feverish pace to finally begin seeing light at the end of the novel-editing tunnel, though). But I keep an eye on the Fictioneers via RSS feeds and smile every week at how you’ve grown. Just wanted you to know that 🙂
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Thank you, Madison. This means a lot. I really miss seeing you every week. Your presence is always felt. 😉
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Can’t imagine that much hurt as a child.
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Dear Scott,
Neither can I. Nor can I imagine what kind of beast would do what that animal did to a child.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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wow — the horrified, good wow.
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Thanks, Bill. 😉
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that was one of your best.
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Gulp. What a story. Wow. Yeeh. *shudders*. Chilling stuff.
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I’ve written a lot about the Holocaust myself. My grandparents on both sides of the family survived the Holocaust, so its one of the topics that I write about the most, probably. Yeeh. What a time in history. Never forget.
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Dear Scriptor,
Fortunately my grandfather “merely” escaped the pogroms and came over in 1903. I write a lot on the both topics. My first novel, Please Say Kaddish for Me is being shopped by an agent.
I suspect we have similar backgrounds ;). Thank you for commenting and sharing.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Your beautiful story turned so horribly tragic. As soon as I read that ending I had a feeling your link would lead me where it did. That’s such an ugly dark mark on our history – a monstrosity. You delivered the story so well.
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Thank you, Debra. It is a very ugly mark. Unfortunately there other monsters leaving ugly marks.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle eerie piece and sadly true the atrocities that were committed by Joseph Mengele.
My father escaped from Czechoslavakia during the War, he was thankfully not witness to the Camps, though he did witness much blood shed and torturing of innocent lives. He had a gun pointed at him on 3 occasions during his escape and saw bombs decapitate his friends. This was an interesting take on the photo – thank you.
Also Janet I thank you for the photo this week which has inspired many of us. 🙂
Rochelle thank you for advising where the other submissions are – as you know I’m fairly knew to the site and I’m still trying to find my way around – so thank you for your assistance.
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Dear Rambly,
Thank you for sharing some of your family history. Trauma is trauma. I hope your dad was able to deal with the pain the war left him.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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scary..a terrifying tale..
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I loved the subtlety here, Rochelle. Creepy as hell, in an apparently gentle setting, Ominous, but I hope for the best for the poor girl! Mine is here,
It’s a great prompt. I ended up writing 3 short takes on it, over here: http://wp.me/s22ooP-shack something about an abandoned building that just overflows with potential stories.
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Dear Joanna,
I, too, hope that the girl was able to get help. But then her story is fiction. Too many out there that weren’t.
shalom,
Rochelle
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Memories that even people who weren’t there can never forget. Well-done, Rochelle!
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From one of us to another, thank you,Perry.
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By the way, on a strongly related note, I highly encourage you to watch this little short film about two young children, one German, one Jew, during the Holocaust in Germany. Its only three minutes long, so everyone can watch it. I really recommend it, it is excellent and it won in a film competition for short films. It is a must see and I think it relates to the topics discussed in your story. I really can’t recommend it highly enough.
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Dearest Scriptor,
This is incredibly beautiful. Thank you for sharing I hope everyone who happens by will watch, Thank you
shalom,
Rochelle
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You’re really welcome. So glad you liked it. I found it by accident one day, I don’t know how. Serendipity, fate, chance, I know I was meant to find it.
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PS: Just wondering if you saw my other comment I made earlier? I completely understand if you don’t want to post it, it was rather long. Again, I’m so glad you liked that little film I shared, I’ve been sharing it with everyone I know who might like it. 🙂
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Yes, I did catch you comments. I’ll have to check into the movies you suggest. I appreciate you input.
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That was wonderful. Thanks for sharing this Scriptor.
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You’re so welcome. I’m so glad you watched it and liked it. I’ve been sharing it with everyone I know who might like it. You should share it too. The more awareness and views the better! 🙂
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This video puts me in mind of a stellar book called “The Book Thief” which is classified as YA but is for all ages. I highly recommend it.
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http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19063.The_Book_Thief?auto_login_attempted=true
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I’ll have to look into that. There are so many books and movies about the Holocaust…Those who should read (and look at) them sadly don’t, and many continue to even deny the Holocaust itself. *shakes head* Sigh! 😦 Ugh. There needs to be more awareness. I think short messages like this film really work well and get the point across really well. More people should watch this video! 🙂
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Even after your warning, I still didn’t have enough sense to stay away from your link about the “Angel of Death.” You told a horrible piece of history and made it very personal for all of us. Once again, I’m in awe of your talent.
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Ya buy em books and buy em books and all they do is eat the pages. I can hardly stand to look at the link but felt that it was necessary.
Thank you for your kind comments, Russell.
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The truth contains much more horror than fiction.
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Stephen King couldn’t make up such horror. Thanks for dropping by, JK
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Wow, you transport me to another world. I love the Yiddish references that make me feel so connected to the characters. You packed so many feelings and memories into so few words. Wonderful!
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Thank you, KD.
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First of all, thank you Rochelle for making me look up soupcon and slumgullion!! I enjoyed you story too, a delightful dollop. (It’s contagious!). I’m going to try a story this week too. Well, maybe. Thanks
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Thanks, Bumba. However blame Janet Webb for making you look up the words. I pasted one of her stellar intros (with permission of course) into this page. Glad you liked my story and happy to see you back among our motley crew.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Another beautifully crafted story Rochelle, and whilst it is chilling, at least there WAS an end so that yet more did not have to suffer in the same way.
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Dear Anne,
Thank you. There’s no way to sugar coat some historical facts.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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A sad story for sure but well told Rochelle. Love that you always throw a little bit of history in with your stories.
Tom
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Thanks for dropping by and commenting, Tom. Historical fiction is my favorite. Glad you liked it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Hi Rochelle,
Little bout with the flu but I’m back now. To your story: It was going so sweetly and innocently until it took that dark turn. Liked the way you worked in the twin thing, how they somehow have esp about what happens to their sib. Thanks for your continued leadership. Ron
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Dear Ron,
I hope you’re feeling much much better. I guess I’m a little mother hen-ish, but I do notice when the “regulars” are missing.
Thanks for your comments on my story. Every so often I have to go back to the subject near and dear to my heart.
shalom,
Rochelle
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I thought your story was gruesome till I clicked on the link in the end.
Reality always hits harder,
A well drafter story as always. You are inspiring me to write a historical fiction one of these weeks. Too bad, I never cared for history lessons as a child. It would therefore need a lot of work. But I am willing… one day, hopefully! 🙂
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Dear Parul.
I was the worst history student ever. It’s only been in recent years, with writing, that I’ve come to relish the research and history as much as telling the stories themselves. Granted, I wish I’d cared more when I was younger, but it’s never too late.
Thanks for your comments.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Wow, this is harrowing. I already know about the background for this story, but I thought I’d read more by clicking on the link . . . but now I’m afraid to look at any more of it.
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Dear Angel,
Mengele was a beast in the darkest of times. I don’t expect anyone to dwell on the link. It’s horrifying. But ignorance is dangerous.
Thanks for commenting.
shalom,
Rochelle
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That story is horrifying 😦
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Mission accomplished. Nothing pretty about genocide. Thanks for commenting, Abraham.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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What a chilling story, especially read with the article you linked to. It’s a great juxtaposition between the idyllic farm life and the horrors of the concentration camp. Children remember a lot more than people think, especially things that horrific.
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And that, David, really is the premise of my little story. Children, particularly in the 40’s and 50’s were believed to be resilient enough to forget the horrors foisted on them when they were tots. Unfortunately for these now adults, the opposite is true. thanks for your kind comments.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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‘Dr. Mengele’s gloved fingers.’ For me, you could have left this line out as I’d already got where you were going with this. I followed the link and read the material, much of which I had already read at one time or another. Well, it’s horrific. That we haven’t learnt from this terrible period in history, is almost a bigger horror. The contrasts in your story are suitably stark. And brutal.
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While I appreciate and respect your opinion, Ann, this is one point we’ll agree to disagree on. The contrast between kind Dr. Meinenger and monstrous Dr. Mengele is intentional, and, in my opinion, necessary.
As for the link…that was a last minute decision. I hate it but it adds a graphic illustration of the truth which is more horrific than fiction.
Thanks for taking the time to read, watch and comment. 😉
shalom,
Rochelle
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What I meant was that the story wouldn’t have lost any meaning for me without that line. I understand, now you’ve explained it, the contrast you meant to convey.
I have a copy of the account of Rudolph Hösse’s time as commandant of Auschwitz. What is most chilling is how plausible is his ‘logic’.
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I haven’t read it. Not sure I want to. The fact is that if you tell a lie long enough and spread it to enough people, it sounds plausible and can be accepted as true.
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Well, I hang on to the belief that we are hard-wired for ‘goodness’ or ‘evil’ would long ago have prevailed. Sorry, I have a tendency to debate and make speeches! Have a nice weekend.
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P S I watched the video. Lovely story. A reminder that there are always good people around.
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FAB, you painted a picture beautifully of two doctors, one of death and one of life. And we must never assume that children don’t remember, they do. Well done Rochelle.
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Hi Linda,
I’m happy you picked up on the contrast between Drs. Meinenger and Mengele. Thank you for your insightful comments.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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You’ve imparted all the horror and injustice in so few words. Well-done, and we’d all do well to remember things like this did happen. Mine will be up in a bit.
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Dear Maggie,
Thank you for your compliments. Unfortunately there are those who’d like us to believe the Holocaust never happened. Fortunately (?), the Nazis were organized enough to document their heinous crimes. As survivors are dying off, it’s my hope that the next generation will pick up the banner of remembrance.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Here’s mine: http://unexpectedpaths.com/friday-fictioneers/death-throes/
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Great story, Rochelle. I’m still shuddering from reading your link, but thank you for the reminder and education. I don’t think any of us can imagine how people like your character felt, but you depict the contrast well here.
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Thank you, Jen. Sorry to put you through the horror of the link. It’s unthinkable that anyone could be so cruel…beyond cruel. Monstrous. Sadistic. Insane. Where’s my thesaurus?
shalom,
Rochelle
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Powerfully done Rochelle. Thanks for helping to break me out of one of my “woe is me’s” today.
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Thank you and you’re welcome, T. 😉
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Not everyone is willing to learn from history (sadly). That incidences like your story continue is inhuman
thanks for picture prompt I was able to take a gentler view of history
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Dear Moondust,
Thanks for dropping by. Variety is the energy that fuels this group. Different races, cultures and backgrounds here.
Shalom
Rochelle
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As many others, I couldn’t finish reading the link. Terrible what some so called humans can do to others. Your story is great. I’m glad though that I read it after I wrote mine. I’m also glad I took a more positive twist on the picture. Your story needs to be told and you did a marvelous job telling it with so few words.
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Dear Jackie,
Thanks for your kind comments. It’s nice that not everyone wrote the dark side this week. My own story depressed me enough although every so often I have to go there, ( I couldn’t finish the link either).
Shalom,
Rochelle
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So, I am back and I wil try to learn to do this the new way. I loved your story. I read your story before writing my own, and felt like quitting before I started, for yours is a real story – and mine is a reflection of my depressed state. Remarkably, yours is just simply great, very gruesome, but extremely well told. You know I agree. Let us never forget.
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Dear Linda,
Welcome back! Much has changed, but what has remained the same is a great group of friends and writers. When I joined in April I never dreamed I’d end up driving this sometimes unwieldly bus.
I read your story and you’ve nothing to apologize for. Nonetheless I relish you compliments.
Thanks and Shalom,
Rochelle
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Hi Rochelle
I felt so sad for the little girl who will never forget, but is too young to express herself or understand. A very powerful tale this week.
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Thank you, EL.
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This was a lot to digest and also the links. And it’s scary how soft hands can be even worse than brute force. Great storytelling though.
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Dear Björn,
One never knows what will be a memory trigger. I think perhaps Dr. Meinenger’s German accent was more the trigger. The link is horrid. I agree. Thank you for your compliments.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Very well done.
And I agree, the message can never be forgotten.
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Thank you and amen.
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Poor, poor Lyudmila (and all those nonfictional people who passed through Dr. Mengele’s hands). A chilling story, Rochelle.
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Dear Sharon,
Truth is far more horrifying than fiction, isn’t it?
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Unfortunately, yes. If (if only) the Holocaust hadn’t happened, I don’t think anyone would be willing to publish a novel describing it – it would be too depressing and disgusting to wallow in such implausible levels of evil.
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So much better to have distance where memories like this are drudged up. Well done though Rochelle.
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Fortunately, I never experienced the horrors that some of my relatives did so I can distance myself. Thanks for the compliment.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Brutal. Some things are etched into you forever. Nicely crafted
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Dear H. L.
As I’ve mentioned before, the holocaust has been etched into the warp and woof of my Jewish generation. I’m not sure this is a bad thing. I’m afraid the next generations are more apt to distance from it until it becomes nonexistent.
Shalom
Rochelle
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I think it is safe to say that the doctor was insane. I read the link too, and was horrified. I think that one of the reasons people are so ill informed is that it is hard so hard to believe. We don’t want to believe it. I hope I don’t have nightmares tonight! You did a great job with your story, telling enough to intrigue. Great job, as usual.
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Thank you , Linda. I hope you didn’t have nightmares. 😉
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this Rochelle, is a piece of art, heart wrenching and poignant. so very moving. I believe this is my favorite of yours that I have read.
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Thank you for the high compliment.
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as horrifying is your story and video i believe the magnitude of pain suffered by all during this time can not truly be imagined. to see something first hand vs ‘from a distance’ must make a difference. keeping this memory is horrible but necessary, as you said somewhere above, so it does not happen again in the future. peace + love, Rochelle. ♥
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Well said, Sunshine. Thanks for dropping by with your kind comments.
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you’re welcome. 🙂
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Dear Rochelle
A truly unimaginable life to those of us who only know about the Holocaust through reading or watching films. To have been a Jew and lived at that time must have been horrific, but to have ended up in the hands of the ‘Angel of Death’ … I can’t begin to imagine the terror and suffering.
You did a brilliant job with this story’s
Thank you
Dee
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I, in turn, thank you, Dee.
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Oh my. Such a horrific story.
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Impossible to forget something like that no matter how young. Successful story, Rochelle.
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How can we ever forget, Rochelle? Poignant story 🙂
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