Blog 16: News Report on Chapter Four

April 2, 1940 - With each passing day, more and more Jews are being captured and forced out of their homes. The once happy neighborhoods have turned to a glum, depressing environment. The silence suddenly breaks out in chaos with a "Forward, march!" These two simple words mean horrific things to come for the innocent men, women, and even children. The chaos gets louder. Screaming and crying...BANG!...then silence. A pregnant Jew is pulled out from the marching line of bobbing heads, and thrown to the ground. Another scream can be heard...following another shot...then the dreaded silence. 

This game is much like cat and mouse. The evil Nazi soldiers trail around the Jews as if they were mice.  What the cats don't see is that the mice have names, families, lives. The naive young children who are separated from their loved ones scurry around, wide-eyed, in hope of finding someone, anyone to stand by them. The victims of the Holocaust - Jews, gays, and different people alike - have endured more than any human ever should, for unjust reasons. All we can do is remember those who were lost and pray for this war of hate to be over.