It could not be in Jesus’ name, Beneath the bedroom floor, On Christmas night the killers Hid the bomb for Harry Moore. It could not be in Jesus’ name The killers took his life, Blew his home to pieces And killed his faithful wife. Langston Hughes, “Ballad of Harry T. Moore” When It All Began … Read more
Six glass towers. Six for the six concentration camps constructed in Poland, their names engraved on the pathway that guides visitors through the towers. Majdanek, Treblinka. Sobibor, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Chelmno, Belzec. Six for the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. And at night, light shines up from the bottom of the towers to illuminate the … Read more
Kader was a student at a French university in Paris in 1961. Though we know little about him, it is possible that he was the French-born son of an Algerian immigrant who had moved to France after having served for the French army in one of the world wars. Kader’s life was not easy: he … Read more