As mentioned in a previous post I have always read a lot of true accounts as well as heard the stories of WWII from family, friends, people who lived it. The subject always fascinated me. I felt it was part of my heritage and my gene pool just so happened to fall on the negative side. I wanted to understand to learn from it, and I just couldnt understand how it was possible for SO many people to be duped into the atrocities that were on every level of WWII. I heard stories about horrible things done to the Jews of course most of all but so many many innocents everywhere were impacted Poland, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Italy, and more. How was this possible. Surely humans are more civil than that?? It seemed incomprehensible. So I always read books and listened to the stories. I enjoyed reading Night by Elie Wiesel although it was heart wrenching and soul searing. In particular what stuck with me was when Moishe the Beadle comes to warn his friends and neighbors. He tells them what they are doing to the babies, throwing them in the air and shooting them. As a mother, parent, aunt, I cant fathom any human being doing that to another. How does your mind allow you to disassociate to that level?? A baby!! How less threatening do you get? He warned them. They didnt believe him. As I read on and on the horror lived by the people in the book I just kept thinking Why? Why ? Why didnt they listen? Shaking my head with tears streaming down my face for the unknown people and their suffering in this true life account. Poor Moishe, written off as nuts, lunatic, raving loon. I always wondered if they reflected back and wished they had heeded Moishes warning. A poor, foreign Jew who lives in the town of Sighet, Moishe the Beadle is a teacher. A compassionate man, he befriends Eliezer to teach him Kabbalah, but he also returns to Sighet after a massacre of foreign Jews to warn the Jews of Sighet of coming danger. Moishe the Beadle, one could say, is like a prophet: he talks about strange, mysterious, and horrible things that he has seen, warning his people of the dangers to come, but nobody gives him the time of day. The Jews of Sighet prefer to remain foolishly optimistic about their situation. There is much to know and much to learn. Keep your eyes open people. Lets learn from our past. (shmoop/night/moishe-the-beadle.html)
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 06:49:48 +0000
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