• Boudicca (edited 8 years ago)
    +6

    The desperation that can be conveyed in so few words.....

    • SevenTales
      +1

      This is what's shocking when reading the text. The despair. And to know they probably died in Auschwitz makes the whole story tragic...

      • Boudicca
        +2

        It seems like they knew that they were going to die and desperately wanted any living relatives to have some tangible memento from them.

        • SevenTales
          +2

          And it's natural. Being remembered is all you have, at the end, ultimately. After a while, the only thing left is the mark you carved.

          • PushPull
            +3

            I read somewhere that it's incredibly rare for your name to be commonly remembered by your own family a hundred years or so after your death. Having just dealt with my grandfather's death a few years ago, and knowing nothing about his parents, I can see why this is.

            Lesson: Talk to the elders in your family. Let them pass their memories to you, then pass it on to those who come after you.