In a Heartbeat
Echoes of Yesterday
Disclaimer: oops haven't done this in a long time. I don't own anything…
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In the real world
As in dreams,
Nothing is what it seems…
The Fifth Echoes
Val- Poland 1942
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Val quickly made her way to the office. This part of the area was mostly Orthodox Jewish, school and businesses rich in culture.
She turned the corner and stopped dead in her tracks. Val saw Tyler slowly helping William into the truck. They were like lambs to the slaughterhouse being led to the unknown.
"I love you, be safe." she whispered as her feet took her home.
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~Two years later~
"Papa!" Val heard Brook scream. Loud, heavy footsteps came down the hall as Val's heart skipped a beat.
"Aufstehen! (Get up)."
She lay frozen, paralyzed in the bed. The Nazi came and pulled her out.
" Erhalten Sie, Satz angeklitten, was Sie müssen. Sie haben 10 Minuten. (Get dress, pack what you must. You have ten minutes.)"
She hastly packed books, clothes, valuables from a life that seemed one hundred years ago.
The Nazi's had gotten the Jews and now they wanted the Poles.They took over Polish businesses, Polish factories and destroyed churches and religious buildings. The Polish zloty (currency) was removed from circulation. All Polish banks were closed .Schools were closed. And the Polish language was forbidden.
"Val come here." her mother said outside, reaching out an arm for her.
"Where's Papa?"
"I don't know." she looked on the verge of tears. 'They won't tell me."
Val feared her father was dead. Hundreds of Polish community leaders, mayors, local officals, teachers, lawyers, doctors, had been executed in public. Polish men taken out of there homes- on a night like that night- rounded up and shot.
Val took Brooke's hand as They were ushered out of their home and into the street. Two trucks stood in their path,
"You and your mother," he pointed to Val. "In the first truck. The girl in the other."
'I am not leaving my daughter."
'You have no choice. Get in the Van!"
"Mama!" Brooke cried as she was ripped from Val's hand.
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"You should be happy. She looks Aryan. If she passes Germanization tests they will put her in a German home. She will me safe." said a woman in the truck.
'What if she doesn't pass?" asked her mother.
The silence told them what they didn't want to know.
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That's it so far. What to you think???
Echoes of Yesterday
Disclaimer: oops haven't done this in a long time. I don't own anything…
* * *
In the real world
As in dreams,
Nothing is what it seems…
The Fifth Echoes
Val- Poland 1942
* * *
Val quickly made her way to the office. This part of the area was mostly Orthodox Jewish, school and businesses rich in culture.
She turned the corner and stopped dead in her tracks. Val saw Tyler slowly helping William into the truck. They were like lambs to the slaughterhouse being led to the unknown.
"I love you, be safe." she whispered as her feet took her home.
* * *
~Two years later~
"Papa!" Val heard Brook scream. Loud, heavy footsteps came down the hall as Val's heart skipped a beat.
"Aufstehen! (Get up)."
She lay frozen, paralyzed in the bed. The Nazi came and pulled her out.
" Erhalten Sie, Satz angeklitten, was Sie müssen. Sie haben 10 Minuten. (Get dress, pack what you must. You have ten minutes.)"
She hastly packed books, clothes, valuables from a life that seemed one hundred years ago.
The Nazi's had gotten the Jews and now they wanted the Poles.They took over Polish businesses, Polish factories and destroyed churches and religious buildings. The Polish zloty (currency) was removed from circulation. All Polish banks were closed .Schools were closed. And the Polish language was forbidden.
"Val come here." her mother said outside, reaching out an arm for her.
"Where's Papa?"
"I don't know." she looked on the verge of tears. 'They won't tell me."
Val feared her father was dead. Hundreds of Polish community leaders, mayors, local officals, teachers, lawyers, doctors, had been executed in public. Polish men taken out of there homes- on a night like that night- rounded up and shot.
Val took Brooke's hand as They were ushered out of their home and into the street. Two trucks stood in their path,
"You and your mother," he pointed to Val. "In the first truck. The girl in the other."
'I am not leaving my daughter."
'You have no choice. Get in the Van!"
"Mama!" Brooke cried as she was ripped from Val's hand.
* * *
"You should be happy. She looks Aryan. If she passes Germanization tests they will put her in a German home. She will me safe." said a woman in the truck.
'What if she doesn't pass?" asked her mother.
The silence told them what they didn't want to know.
* * *
That's it so far. What to you think???
