From: BellaBookstore (BellaBookstore@attbi.com)
Date: Wed Sep 04 2002 - 15:01:24 PDT
Dear Jan, Thank you for taking the time to answer me. I read your story and cannot imagine what you and your family went through. Bless your family for their courage. I am truly sorry for your pain. I know it never leaves you. Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Mokrzycki" <jan-mokrzycki@lineone.net> To: <timewitnesses@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 1996 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [timewitnesses] Lebensborn > Dear Bella, > these stories are true and one of the many horrible things which have > hao\ppened. The effects of them are still with us. Some of the parents in > Poland traced their children, some have taken them back but many of the kids > were left with scars, not knowing who they are. > I would suggest you write to The Polish Cultural Attache at the Polish > Embassy in Washington, they should be able to supply some reading material > etc > > If you have difficulty wrte to me again and I will see what I can do but it > will be a lot easier and cheaper done locally > With best regards > > Jan Mokrzycki > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BellaBookstore" <BellaBookstore@attbi.com> > To: <timewitnesses@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:56 AM > Subject: [timewitnesses] Lebensborn > > > > I am an American woman, born in 1946. I have lived in Texas for my whole > life. God has given me a wonderful husband and three beautiful girls who are > grown now. I sell used books on the internet as a hobby. I have lived a life > of great freedom and plenty. > > My father was in training at the end of the war so he never left America. > Being born at the end of the war, I was very conscious of the soldiers > returning home. My father gave me a great respect for what they had been > through to ensure my freedom. > > I was small when television first began here in America. In the early > 1950's the programming was live and very limited. News was on for an hour at > noon and then nothing until evening. It was over by nine or ten o'clock. To > fill in the time in between, the stations showed many short news reports > from the war. When I was about ten or eleven, I saw a documentary called > "Lebensborn". It was several hours long, so they spread it over several > days. I remember rushing home from school to see it before the regular > programming started. It should have been far to advanced for a child of my > age, but I was fascinated. > > It started with the maternity homes in Germany and then progressed to the > kidnapping of children with Aryan characteristics in Poland and other > occupied countries. It gave eyewitness accounts of the abduction of children > and the transport to sites in Germany where they were "reprogrammed" with > extreme psychological torture. Afterward they were given to German families > to raise. The theory of the "Master Race was given in detail. Testimonies > were given by many mothers, fathers, and a few of the recovered children. I > somehow related deeply, first to the children and then later to the parents. > > It touched me so deeply that I have never forgotten it. These images have > never completely leave me. > > I would appreciate any information or sources that can be provided to me > concerning the children or the reprogramming camps. I do not know where I am > going in collecting this information. I only know that I do not rest; it has > never left me and I feel I must touch others that went through this horror. > Thank you for listening to me. > > Sherry Roan > > Bellabookstore@attbi.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > timewitnesses-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > timewitnesses-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/r1FolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: timewitnesses-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/