"Along with several colleagues, I had to pick up the corpses from the square and take them to a large trench that has been dug out by bulldozers. Whether dead or merely wounded, all were thrown into the trench. A 'Mercy Shot' for the wounded was a rarity. From time to time the trenches were sprayed by machine-gun fire; many corpse carriers lost their lives that way.
"We were chased and driven on in our grim work by SS guards who had a drink in one hand and a truncheon or pistol in the other. Trembling from terror and agitation, thirsty, with shaking legs, half-crazy from pain and fear, we had to complete our work with the most gruesome images before our eyes. Even now I am horrified by the memory of SS men grabbing small children by the feet and killing them by smashing them against tree trunks, often before the eyes of their sobbing and wailing mothers."- from History Firsthand: The Holocaust: Death Camps, edited by Tamara L. Roleff
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Recommended sermon:
Welcome to Hell, by Dr. David P. Murray
The text for this sermon is Isaiah 14:9-11 (Audio)
"Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee."
"We were chased and driven on in our grim work by SS guards who had a drink in one hand and a truncheon or pistol in the other. Trembling from terror and agitation, thirsty, with shaking legs, half-crazy from pain and fear, we had to complete our work with the most gruesome images before our eyes. Even now I am horrified by the memory of SS men grabbing small children by the feet and killing them by smashing them against tree trunks, often before the eyes of their sobbing and wailing mothers."- from History Firsthand: The Holocaust: Death Camps, edited by Tamara L. Roleff
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Recommended sermon:
Welcome to Hell, by Dr. David P. Murray
The text for this sermon is Isaiah 14:9-11 (Audio)
"Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee."
