A Mother's Care
The following letter was read at a Memorial of the
Holocaust in the presence of Pope John Paul II. It is a letter from a Polish
Jewish mother who is commending her son to the care of another woman because
the Jewish mother was being taken to a concentration camp. The other woman
took care of the boy until he was captured. Both the Jewish mother and son
died in the concentration camp. It is a simple, heartfelt letter which can
remind us of how tragic the daily slaughter of children by abortion is.
September 23, 1943
Dear Mrs. Bronia,
It is very difficult for me to write you. Terrible things have happened
recently. Life is so cruel. When you came here, Mrs. Bronia, I was unable to
express my feelings. I beg you: take care of my son. Be a mother to him. I am
afraid he will catch cold: he is so weak and sickly.
Dear Bronia, do everything possible for him, I will be grateful to you until
my dying day. He is very intelligent and has a very good heart. I am sure he
will love you. Every day I pray to God, from the depth of my suffering that you,
on the contrary, will have a happy future, and will not have to be separated
from your children, so that you can love them and take care of them. Can you
understand my torture?
Bronia, this letter is a cry from the heart. Michael must eat, become strong,
be able to withstand sufferings. Please, it is necessary to dress him in warm
clothes, that he wear socks. I cannot go on writing. Even my tears have dried
up. May God protect you both.
Genya.
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