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Remembrance in Time
Some have eventually given up the fight. Men smoked. They rather preferred, to barter
their food rations for cigarettes. They have perished.
We women have fought. We held together. We pluck every leaf and picked their roots
of the ground. We have prepared food and medicines, paying attention to every sufferer.
We stood TOGETHER.
However, I was so sick that I was sent to quarantine where I was poorly nursed. I was
the youngest, the weakest, my life hung by a thread.
A loving Russian speaking doctor has taken me into her heart. She was my guardian
angel. She knew what I needed. What I needed couldn't be found in deportation.
She helped me "flee" setting me on a list of patients to be transported out of deportation,
to Dresden and maintained by the German Red Cross to become healthy. Yes, the actions
of this woman saved my life.
Two years later, I was healthy again, an independent young woman. I have decided
what to achieve in the future. It was obvious that 'home' is there where I see the 'Zinne'
hill, there where my family lives and where I would hopefully meet my friends again.
I made my way back to Brasov, Romania into a new country that I no longer
recognized. Communism changed everything. But it was a great satisfaction to be home
with my family. A virtual live at home, because we had to rent our own house that had
been nationalized. But we were at ‘home’ we could celebrate Christmas and worship in
our church. I mention this just so ... without suffering, hatred or revenge thoughts.
It was just like that, life is beautiful as long as we can enjoy it. From my experience, I
have learned, however, to recover the time stolen from me. I enjoy every day with
optimism and I appreciate all the little things in life. Communism is over, new times have
come. I've told facts in the hope that younger generations will always appreciate
freedom.”