Jewish woman wrote letter to her husband minutes before she was gassed

Yes, of course, the Jews were allowed to write letters to loved ones minutes before they were gassed. The Germans were not barbarians, as some people think — the Germans had manners.

When I first went to Germany, I was struck by the fact that the German people were very polite. They had manners. I was very surprised by this. In fact, other Americans living in Germany told me that I should watch my manners when dealing with the German people.

I am commenting on this news article: http://www.newser.com/story/258566/auschwitz-letter-thought-to-be-only-one-of-its-kind.html

The following quote is from the news article:

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That Vilma Grunwald’s letter even exists is extraordinary. She penned it in the minutes before she was gassed at Auschwitz, addressed it to her husband, and handed it to a Nazi guard who did the improbable—delivered it to the man, who was also imprisoned at the camp. The Washington Post reports she accompanied her eldest child, a 16-year-old named John who limped, to the gas chambers. The Indianapolis Star has the story of the July 11, 1944, letter, which has for the last four years resided at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “I’m always reluctant to say it’s the only such document ever created,” says the museum’s chief acquisitions curator, “but to the best of our knowledge” it is the only surviving letter written at the concentration camp prior to a gassing.

Grunwald’s son, Misa (who now goes by Frank and lives northeast of Indianapolis) learned of the letter as an 11-year-old in 1946 but did not read it until after his father’s 1967 death. Frank tells the Star that what he found most moving was the 11-sentence letter’s tone: free of anger or resentment, and focused only on him and his father. It reads in part: “The famous trucks are already here and we are waiting for it to begin. … You—my only and dearest one, do not blame yourself for what happened, it was our destiny. We did what we could. … Take care of the little golden boy and don’t spoil him too much with your love. Both of you—stay healthy, my dear ones. I will be thinking of you and Misa. Have a fabulous life, we must board the trucks.” (This man buried a letter at Auschwitz; now we know what it says

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Ronnie Good

21 minutes ago

The World then and now is just sick, God is going to purge the human race

Lovethetruth

31 minutes ago

You want me to believe that a woman who is about to go to the gas chamber has pen and paper on hand to write a letter? No, they had nothing! There are plenty of documents on the prison camps and their horrors that there is not need to make up stories. Why do they do this? Sad in every sense of the word. This is not about gas chambers, it is about a woman who has been stripped of everything and who, out of the blue, comes up with pen and paper. Stop making up stories.

John Q. Username

39 minutes ago

To show such clarity and nobility in the face of the horror perpetrated by those that Trump and Conservatives defend so fervently is astounding