Aaron Smith on Spoutible

My grandfather fought Nazis up close. I knew a Jewish couple with numbers on their arms. Through the words and faces of childhood heroes, I understood.
Today’s younger people don’t have that connection, so we must use what we remember to teach them about the horror of the past.
It’s on us now.

07:03 AM - Mar 03, 2023

Merci Merci Me

@OneMarzian

In response to Aaron Smith.

My paternal gandmothers family fled Poland to America after WWI. She lost 2 brothers to Dachau & Buchenwald at the start of the Holocaust. Her son/my father was stationed in the Philippines. I knew all kinds of people with numbers tattooed on their arms when I was a kid. It was very real to me.

02:06 PM - Apr 28, 2023 (Edited)

Neil Nicholson

@NeilNicholson

In response to Aaron Smith.

My old boss in NYC parents also had the numbers branded on their arms. They barely made it out of Nazi Germany.

07:49 PM - Apr 21, 2023

Aaron Smith

@AaronSmith377

In response to Neil Nicholson.

The couple I knew were friends of my grandparents, would come to Christmas dinner. One year, one of us kids was complaining about the food not being ready. “You ate yesterday, didn’t you?” Al said. He was laughing, but I could see the numbers. I didn’t complain about being hungry again.

08:07 PM - Apr 21, 2023

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