A poem reflecting a broader
involvement in the Holocaust
By Father John R. Green
Copyright © by John R. Green
Shown with his blessing
Private Randy, a liberator of Auschwitz hellish camp,
Witnessed horrors surpassing imagination stamp.
Returning to his American home and family,
Their curiosity pained him to recount the infamy.
"What part of humanity's colossal blunder
Was so fiendish to launch this devilish asunder?
During the War we heard of terrors we didn't believe,
Thinking that they were designed to deceive."
"The architects of the Holocaust are not a few,
I will name some to you.
Hitler and the Nazis were the architects supreme,
People in Germany gave them an approval beam."
"And your tirade toward the Jews, Father Dale,
Render you an architect of the Holocaust hell!
And Mother Jenny, your support of the Klans'...
assault of Jews deadly,
Which now you denounce appalled, dismayed and readily."
"And Sister Emily, in protesting awards to honored Jews,
You helped mix the poison in Holocaust stews.
You all weep in repentance, and God's mercy is peace;
Pray and love so Holocausts everywhere will cease!"