Women's concentration camp in Germany during World War II
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The Ravensbruck concentration camp was a labor camp housing political dissidents from across the German occupied continent of Europe. The book tells the story of four French women who had a major impact for the good on the inmates, and their fellow countrymen. "Something must be done."
Anna Paola Moretti"Boschi cantate per me"Antologia poetica dal lager femminile di Ravensbruck.Enciclopedia delle Donnewww.enciclopediadelledonne.itNel lager di Ravensbrück (unico lager del sistema concentrazionario nazista destinato specificamente alle donne) furono composte circa 1200 poesie da deportate, in prevalenza politiche, provenienti da vari paesi europei. Questa produzione è ancora sconosciuta in Italia, dove le poesie non sono mai state tradotte.L'antologia, frutto di un lavoro più che ventennale della curatrice, presenta una selezione di circa 90 poesie, composte da 50 poete di 15 nazionalità, in maggioranza polacche, francesi, austriache e tedesche, ma anche slovene, olandesi, danesi, russe, spagnole e italiane.Le poesie (tradotte da poete anche affermate) sono presentate con i testi originali a fronte e raggruppate per temi.Nei lager nazisti creati per la distruzione mentale e fisica degli individui, per annientare ogni forma di umanità, la poesia era una pratica di sopravvivenza e di resistenza, severamente punita se scoperta, resa possibile da una rete di solidarietà.Questa antologia restituisce voce alle testimoni (di ciascuna poeta è anche pubblicata una breve biografia) e rappresenta un'occasione di incontro con la forza femminile e con la sorellanza e la solidarietà che caratterizzano l'esperienza femminile nei lager. Come scriveva Lidia Beccaria: “Ho visto che anche nel lager si può non diventare dei mostri. Ho visto come riescono a reagire le donne, quanta forza e quanta dignità abbiamo”.Le poesie, chiedendo partecipazione sempre nuova e attenta, sono anche un tramite per continuare a fare memoria senza saturazione. Sollecitano una memoria della comune storia europea accogliendo il lascito più significativo delle deportate: quotidiane pratiche di resistenza all'annientamento, soluzioni inventate per sopravvivere in un ostinato volersi umane.Dalle poesie emerge un simbolico opposto alla forza e al potere: indicazione preziosa quando i traumi che hanno segnato il secolo scorso continuano a segnare le seconde e terze generazioni e permangono, in forme diverse, negli eventi catastrofici (guerre e migrazioni) generati dalla nostra attuale società.Anna Paola Moretti, nata a Pesaro, laureata in filosofia, co-fondatrice nel 1985 dell'associazione “Casa delle donne di Pesaro”, collabora con l'Istituto di Storia Contemporanea della Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino ed è impegnata nella ricerca storica per dar conto della presenza e dell'esperienza femminile, particolarmente nel contesto dellaSeconda guerra mondiale. Ha pubblicato Vittime senza giustizia, almeno la memoria. Angela Lazzarini e Virginia Longhi fucilate dai fascisti nel Montefeltro del 1944, Assemblea legislativa delle Marche, 2023; Considerate che avevo quindici anni. Il diario di prigionia di Magda Minciotti tra Resistenza e deportazione, collana di ricerche storiche dell'Istituto Storia Marche, Affinità elettive, (2017); Leda. La memoria che resta (Anpi Fano, 2015, con prefazione di Lidia Menapace; seconda edizione ampliata Anpi Fano, 2019 con prefazione di Fiorenza Taricone), in collaborazione con Maria Grazia Battistoni; La guerra di Mariuli, bambina negli anni quaranta, Il Ponte vecchio, 2012; La deportazione femminile. Incontro con Irene Kriwcenko. Da Kharkov a Pesaro: una storia in relazione, Assemblea legislativa delle Marche, 2010, con prefazione di Daniela Padoan, in collaborazione con Maria Grazia Battistoni, Rita Giomprini, Mirella Moretti.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.
Oggi presentiamo l'antologia edita dall'Enciclopedia delle donne, "Boschi cantate per me. Antologia poetica dal lager femminile di Ravensbruck". Ne parliamo con la curatrice Anna Paola Moretti. Le lavoratrici di Radio Popolare hanno poi prestato la loro voce ad alcune delle poetesse presenti nella raccolta, di cui oltre a leggervi i versi vi raccontiamo la storia. Poi ospitiamo l'Orchestra Olimpia e il suo spettacolo sull'orchestra femminile di Auschwitz.
Listen to everything from the beginning at davidrovics.com/ahistoryoftheworld or just start with this one! 1943-1949 The arrests and executions of German communists such as Hamburg city councilor, Franz Jacob The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising The boatlift of the Danish Jews to Sweden The Dutch resistance and the killing of Henk Streefkerk The Normandy landings The liberation of Katharina Jacob and other Ravensbruck prisoners by the Red Army The US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki The expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from Palestine, the Naqba The Berlin Airlift of 1948-49
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Pour vous abonner et écouter l'émission en une fois, sans publicité : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/S-tavkjvmo La famille des Brunhoff, d'origine alsacienne et issue de la bourgeoisie protestante, s'est installée à Paris à la fin du XIXe siècle, choisissant la nationalité française.Avant la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a vécu dans un milieu aisé, imprégné de culture et d'art. Maurice de Brunhoff, le patriarche, dirige une maison d'édition et évolue dans les cercles intellectuels de la capitale.Bourgeois parisiens, les Brunhoff vont être également attentifs aux grands débats de leur époque, comme les tensions croissantes en Europe et les bouleversements technologiques et culturels du début du XXe siècle.Ce climat familial, centré sur l'éducation et la littérature, va influencer les générations suivantes, notamment Jean de Brunhoff, futur créateur de Babar.En 1914, comme beaucoup, la famille ne mesure pas encore l'ampleur des bouleversements que la guerre va provoquer. Dirigeant Vogue en France, entre autre, ils vont s'en relever, et l'histoire va devenir merveilleuse, avec la création du petit éléphant que nous connaissons tous, Babar.Cette seconde partie concerne principalement la seconde guerre mondiale, les difficultés bien-sûr, dans l'approvisionnement du papier, mais aussi - et surtout ? - les actes de résistance incroyables de Marie-Claude, à Auschwitz Birkenau et Ravensbruck.Ecriture Lucie Devocelle pour Timeline.
Mother Maria was born in Latvia in 1891. Like many of the pre-Revolutionary Russian intelligenstia, she was an atheist and a political radical in her youth, but gradually came to accept the truths of the Faith. After the Revolution, she became part of the large Russian emigre population of Paris. There she was tonsured as a nun by Metropolitan Evlogy, and devoted herself to a life of service to the poor. With a small community of fellow-believers, she established 'houses of hospitality' for the poor, the homeless, and the alcoholic, and visited Russian emigres in mental hospitals. In 1939 Metropolitan Evlogy sent the young priest Fr Dimitry to serve Mother Maria's community; he proved to be a partner, committed even unto death, in the community's work among the poor. When the Nazis took Paris in 1940, Mother Maria, Fr Dimitry, and others of the community chose to remain in the city to care for those who had come to count on them. As Nazi persecution of Jews in France increased, the Orthodox community's work naturally expanded to include protection and care of these most helpless ones. Father Dimitri was asked to provide forged certificates of baptism to preserve the lives of Jews, and always complied. Eventually, this work led to the arrest of Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and their associates. A fragment survives of the Gestapo's interrogation of Fr Dimitri: Hoffman: If we release you, will you give your word never again to aid Jews? Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must. (Hoffman struck Klepinin across the face.) Hoffman: Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty! (Klepinin, recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock.) Klepinin: Do you know this Jew? (For this, Father Dimitri was knocked to the floor.) "Your priest did himself in," Hoffman said afterward to Sophia Pilenko. "He insists that if he were to be freed, he would act exactly as before." Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and several of their colleages, were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (Mother Maria to Ravensbruck, Fr Dimitri to Buchenwald) where, after great sufferings, they perished. It is believed that Mother Maria's last act was to take the place of a Jew being sent to death, voluntarily dying in his place. A full account of their life and death is given on the site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Mother Maria and her companions were glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2004.
Mother Maria was born in Latvia in 1891. Like many of the pre-Revolutionary Russian intelligenstia, she was an atheist and a political radical in her youth, but gradually came to accept the truths of the Faith. After the Revolution, she became part of the large Russian emigre population of Paris. There she was tonsured as a nun by Metropolitan Evlogy, and devoted herself to a life of service to the poor. With a small community of fellow-believers, she established 'houses of hospitality' for the poor, the homeless, and the alcoholic, and visited Russian emigres in mental hospitals. In 1939 Metropolitan Evlogy sent the young priest Fr Dimitry to serve Mother Maria's community; he proved to be a partner, committed even unto death, in the community's work among the poor. When the Nazis took Paris in 1940, Mother Maria, Fr Dimitry, and others of the community chose to remain in the city to care for those who had come to count on them. As Nazi persecution of Jews in France increased, the Orthodox community's work naturally expanded to include protection and care of these most helpless ones. Father Dimitri was asked to provide forged certificates of baptism to preserve the lives of Jews, and always complied. Eventually, this work led to the arrest of Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and their associates. A fragment survives of the Gestapo's interrogation of Fr Dimitri: Hoffman: If we release you, will you give your word never again to aid Jews? Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must. (Hoffman struck Klepinin across the face.) Hoffman: Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty! (Klepinin, recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock.) Klepinin: Do you know this Jew? (For this, Father Dimitri was knocked to the floor.) "Your priest did himself in," Hoffman said afterward to Sophia Pilenko. "He insists that if he were to be freed, he would act exactly as before." Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and several of their colleages, were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (Mother Maria to Ravensbruck, Fr Dimitri to Buchenwald) where, after great sufferings, they perished. It is believed that Mother Maria's last act was to take the place of a Jew being sent to death, voluntarily dying in his place. A full account of their life and death is given on the site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Mother Maria and her companions were glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2004.
Nadine Hwang (1902-1972) was a Chinese pilot, a lesbian writer's driver, a foreign diplomat, and a resistance fighter. In 1944, she was captured by Nazisand vanished into the Ravensbruck concentration camp – where she endured inhumane conditions, and, met the love of her life. For Further Reading (And Watching!) Mysterious Displays of Will The story of Nadine Hwang: The ‘Chinese Joan of Arc' Nelly and Nadine Historically, women have been told to make themselves smaller, to diminish themselves. Some have used that idea to their advantage, disappearing into new identities. For others, a disappearance was the end to their stories, but the beginning of a new chapter in their legacies. This month we're telling the stories of these women: we're talking about disappearing acts. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones and Abbey Delk. Special thanks to Shira Atkins.Original theme music composed by Miles Moran.Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Surnommée la "hyène d'Auschwitz" ou la "bête de Belsen", Irma Grese est l'une des figures de tortionnaires les plus sinistres qu'ait pu produire l'Allemagne nazie.Irma Grese naît en 1923 dans une famille d'agriculteurs. Sa mère se suicide durant son adolescence. Élève médiocre et solitaire, elle entre dans la "Ligue des jeunes filles allemandes", un mouvement de jeunesse nazi.Puis, après avoir exercé divers métiers, dont celui d'aide-soignante dans un hôpital de la SS, elle intègre, en 1942, une école formant des gardiennes de camps de concentration.En 1942, Irma Grese débute sa carrière de gardienne auxiliaire à Ravensbruck, un camp de concentration pour femmes. Elle y fait sans doute fait la connaissance de Dorothea Binz, une autre geôlière SS, connue pour sa cruauté sadique.Se sentant apparemment dans son élément, Irma Grese est mutée a Auschwitz en 1943, et connaît une rapide promotion. Elle devient en effet surveillante-chef. C'est dans ces fonctions qu'elle montrera la férocité qui lui valut ses divers surnoms.Durant le procès de la tortionnaire nazie, en 1945, les survivantes raconteront les sévices qu'elle infligeait aux détenues. Il est question de tortures diverses, de détenues rouées de coups ou froidement abattues à coups de révolver, de chiens lâchés contre les prisonnières ou d'interminables flagellations. Par ailleurs, Irma Grese aurait participé personnellement à la sélection des détenues pour la chambre à gaz.Les rescapées parlent aussi d'abus sexuels. Qu'elle mutile les détenues, en leur coupant les seins, ou qu'elle assiste aux expérimentations médicales, la "hyène d'Auschwitz" semblait éprouver une véritable excitation sexuelle au spectacle de la souffrance.Comme d'autres gardiennes, Irma Grese nie les faits qui lui sont reprochés lors de son procès. Elle prétend que si une détenue se pliait aux règles fixées par la direction du camp, elle n'était pas inquiétée.Fidèle jusqu'au bout à ses convictions nazies, elle ose déclarer qu'elle se devait d'éliminer ce qu'elle continue d'appeler des "éléments antisociaux".Reconnue coupable, Irma Grese est finalement pendue, avec 12 autres condamnés, le 13 décembre 1945. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
Dolly Rabinowitz was born in Berehove (then Czechoslovakia, now Ukraine) to a rabbinical family. When she was 19, Dolly and her family were taken alongside the other Jews of the neighboring villages to the death camp of Auschwitz. From there she was forced to endure the barbaric cruelty of Auschwitz and the Death March to the Ravensbruck concentration camps. After experiencing unspeakable atrocities simply because of her faith, Dolly emigrated to America, got married, and now lives in Boro Park with her family. ____________________________________ ►Meaningful People Whatsapp Channel Join our brand new Meaningful People WhatsApp Channel! Exclusive content, breaking updates + more of Meaningful People right at your fingertips! Join now! https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va5NAOUFCCoQmgEUiy1 Subscribe to Meaningful Minute on WhatsApp: WhatsApp Subscribe Link ____________________________________ ►Alpert and Associates Call Moshe Alpert! Email: Moshe.alpert@nm.com for a free consultation, or head to Moshealpert.nm.com Or call 718-644-1594 _______________________________________ ►Collars and Co For the best-looking and most comfortable dress shirts in the world.. Collarsandco.com Use promo code: MEANINGFUL for 15% off! ______________________________________ ► Town Appliance Visit https://www.townappliance.com/ Message Town Appliance on WhatsApp https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=17323645195&text=Hi,%20I%20saw%20your%20ad%20for%20Town%20Appliance%20and%20I%27d%20like%20to%20know%20more ______________________________________ Subscribe to our Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2WALuE2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39bNGnO Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/MPPGooglePodcasts Or wherever Podcasts are available! Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meaningfulpeoplepodcast Like us on Facebook: https://bit.ly/MPPonFB Follow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/MeaningfuPplPod Editor: Sruly Saftlas Podcast created by: Meaningful Minute For more info and upcoming news, check out: https://Meaningfulminute.org #jew #jewish #podcast #frum #rabbi #frumpodcast #meaningfulpeople #torah #mitzvah #hashem #jewishmusic #jewishpodcast #israel #kumzitz #nachigordon #jewishpod #Sderot #AmYisraelChai #Judaism #Israel #Terror #BringBackOurBoys #Trauma #JewsofNY
"O więcej niż życie" - to pierwotny tytuł książki Wandy Półtawskiej zmieniony przez wydawcę na "I boję się snów". Autorka, więźniarka Ravensbruck, poddawana pseudomedycznym eksperymentom zadaje pytanie, kim jest człowiek? Odpowiedź znajduje dużo później w nauce Jana Pawła II. Wanda Półtawska, urodzona 2 listopada 1921 roku w Lublinie, zmarła 25 października tego roku w Krakowie. Tam też została pochowana.
"So many problems can only be solved on one's knees"--Dr. Wanda PoltawskaToday's episode is in memory of Dr Wanda Poltawska, who passed away on October 25, just short of her 102nd birthday. It is a heart-rending, yet inspiring journey through one of history's darkest periods, WWII. Listen as we honor the indomitable spirit of Dr. Wanda Paltrowska, a close confidant of John Paul II, a survivor of the Ravensbrook concentration camp and hear the miraculous story of how Padre Pio cured Dr. Wanda Poltawska of life-threatening cancer. This episode unveils Wanda's tireless advocacy for life and family, ignited by the unthinkable horrors she witnessed during the war. Discover how she pledged to defend life, recounting the chilling accounts of Nazis throwing newborn babies into crematoriums. Wanda's tale of faith, healing, and survival is a beacon of hope that continues to shine brightly in the tumultuous times we live in today.We need your support to expand our Parish out reach. This will only succeed with much Grace and your support!For more information please go to our website: jp2renew.orgPlease consider being a Sponsor! "The future of humanity passes by way of the family"--John Paul II.Please send donations to support our work to:John Paul II Renewal Center902 S Randall RoadSTE C #296St. Charles, IL. 60174Support the show Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!! JPll Renewal Center email listSupport the show
Nel 1979 conobbi la dottoressa Wanda Poltawska, una esponente di primo piano del mondo pro-life europeo, molto legata a Giovanni Paolo II. La dottoressa mi raccontò di essere stata miracolosamente guarita da un cancro all'intestino grazie a padre Pio, al quale mons. Karol Wojytila, vescovo ausiliare di Cracovia, sapendo che la sua amica stava in condizioni disperate, aveva scritto nel 1962 affinché “Dio per intercessione della Beatissima Vergine mostrasse la sua misericordia a lei e alla sua famiglia”. Wanda Poltawska, già sopravvissuta al terribile campo di concentramento di Ravensbruck, venne guarita da padre Pio e oggi ha felicemente raggiunto il traguardo dei cento anni, Fu lo stesso Giovanni Paolo II, a beatificare padre Pio nel 1999 e a proclamarlo santo nel 2002. E dire che nel 1961, un anno prima della lettera di mons. Wojtila, il domenicano Paul Philippe, consultore del Sant'Uffizio, dopo avere interrogato padre Pio, lo definiva “un disgraziato sacerdote, che approfitta della sua reputazione di santo per ingannare le sue vittime”. Fino alla sua morte, avvenuta il 23 settembre 1968 padre Pio, all'interno della Chiesa fu considerato da molti un visionario o, peggio ancora un imbroglione
Mother Maria was born in Latvia in 1891. Like many of the pre-Revolutionary Russian intelligenstia, she was an atheist and a political radical in her youth, but gradually came to accept the truths of the Faith. After the Revolution, she became part of the large Russian emigre population of Paris. There she was tonsured as a nun by Metropolitan Evlogy, and devoted herself to a life of service to the poor. With a small community of fellow-believers, she established 'houses of hospitality' for the poor, the homeless, and the alcoholic, and visited Russian emigres in mental hospitals. In 1939 Metropolitan Evlogy sent the young priest Fr Dimitry to serve Mother Maria's community; he proved to be a partner, committed even unto death, in the community's work among the poor. When the Nazis took Paris in 1940, Mother Maria, Fr Dimitry, and others of the community chose to remain in the city to care for those who had come to count on them. As Nazi persecution of Jews in France increased, the Orthodox community's work naturally expanded to include protection and care of these most helpless ones. Father Dimitri was asked to provide forged certificates of baptism to preserve the lives of Jews, and always complied. Eventually, this work led to the arrest of Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and their associates. A fragment survives of the Gestapo's interrogation of Fr Dimitri: Hoffman: If we release you, will you give your word never again to aid Jews? Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must. (Hoffman struck Klepinin across the face.) Hoffman: Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty! (Klepinin, recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock.) Klepinin: Do you know this Jew? (For this, Father Dimitri was knocked to the floor.) "Your priest did himself in," Hoffman said afterward to Sophia Pilenko. "He insists that if he were to be freed, he would act exactly as before." Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and several of their colleages, were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (Mother Maria to Ravensbruck, Fr Dimitri to Buchenwald) where, after great sufferings, they perished. It is believed that Mother Maria's last act was to take the place of a Jew being sent to death, voluntarily dying in his place. A full account of their life and death is given on the site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Mother Maria and her companions were glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2004.
Mother Maria was born in Latvia in 1891. Like many of the pre-Revolutionary Russian intelligenstia, she was an atheist and a political radical in her youth, but gradually came to accept the truths of the Faith. After the Revolution, she became part of the large Russian emigre population of Paris. There she was tonsured as a nun by Metropolitan Evlogy, and devoted herself to a life of service to the poor. With a small community of fellow-believers, she established 'houses of hospitality' for the poor, the homeless, and the alcoholic, and visited Russian emigres in mental hospitals. In 1939 Metropolitan Evlogy sent the young priest Fr Dimitry to serve Mother Maria's community; he proved to be a partner, committed even unto death, in the community's work among the poor. When the Nazis took Paris in 1940, Mother Maria, Fr Dimitry, and others of the community chose to remain in the city to care for those who had come to count on them. As Nazi persecution of Jews in France increased, the Orthodox community's work naturally expanded to include protection and care of these most helpless ones. Father Dimitri was asked to provide forged certificates of baptism to preserve the lives of Jews, and always complied. Eventually, this work led to the arrest of Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and their associates. A fragment survives of the Gestapo's interrogation of Fr Dimitri: Hoffman: If we release you, will you give your word never again to aid Jews? Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must. (Hoffman struck Klepinin across the face.) Hoffman: Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty! (Klepinin, recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock.) Klepinin: Do you know this Jew? (For this, Father Dimitri was knocked to the floor.) "Your priest did himself in," Hoffman said afterward to Sophia Pilenko. "He insists that if he were to be freed, he would act exactly as before." Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and several of their colleages, were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (Mother Maria to Ravensbruck, Fr Dimitri to Buchenwald) where, after great sufferings, they perished. It is believed that Mother Maria's last act was to take the place of a Jew being sent to death, voluntarily dying in his place. A full account of their life and death is given on the site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Mother Maria and her companions were glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2004.
Essentiel – Le rendez-vous culture de RCJ présenté par Sandrine Sebbane Spécial Festival Quartier du Livre organisé par la Mairie du Ve arrondissement de Paris Avec Sophie Carquain, pour son livre "Alice, 15 ans, résistante" chez Albin Michel et Jacques Rouveyrollis pour son livre "Mes années lumières" chez l'Archipel. À propos du livre : « Alice, 15 ans, résistante » paru aux éditions Albin Michel « Une sirène retentit dans la nuit. Puis ce sont les cris, les aboiements, le martèlement des bottes sur la terre gelée... » En septembre 1939, quand la guerre éclate, Alice a 15 ans et des rêves plein la tête. Elle se confie dans son journal, écrit des lettres à sa grand-mère, au garçon qu'elle aime en secret, à sa meilleure amie de confession juive. Elle aimerait que Hitler disparaisse. Plus tard, face à l'occupant allemand, Alice ressent le besoin d'agir : avec ses parents, elle brave un à un les interdits, distribuant des tracts, hébergeant des aviateurs alliés... Mais un jour, tous les trois sont arrêtés. Alice est déportée au camp de Ravensbruck, où commence pour elle une nouvelle forme de résistance. Sophie Carquain est autrice et journaliste. Elle a écrit plus de 200 histoires, contes et romans pour enfants traduits en plusieurs langues. En 2005, elle remporte le prix « Griffe noire » avec Petites Histoires pour devenir grand (Albin Michel). La défense du droit des femmes lui tient particulièrement à coeur. J'aimerais te parler d'elles, publié chez Albin Michel Jeunesse, a conquis un large public. À propos du livre : « Mes années lumières » paru aux éditions Archipel Barbara l'appelait le " magicien des lumières ". Il raconte 55 ans de tribulations au côté de Johnny, Ferré, Gréco, Aznavour, Gainsbourg, Sardou, Renaud, Michel Berger, France Gall... distribuant coups de cœur… et coups de griffe ! Jacques Rouveyrollis est l'éclairagiste le plus célèbre du spectacle vivant. Avec une passion et une créativité intactes, il transfigure depuis cinq décennies les espaces scéniques, des théâtres de poche jusqu'aux stadiums. Michel Polnareff d'abord, puis Joe Dassin, Johnny, Barbara et jusqu'à Renaud : tous lui ont demandé de réinventer leur mise en lumière. Plus tard, les metteurs en scène ont repéré son sens de la dramaturgie (ses ascendances napolitaines n'y sont sûrement pas pour rien !) et il s'est pris de passion pour le théâtre et l'opéra, travaillant notamment avec Jean Marais, Jean-Luc Tardieu, Robert Hossein, Alfredo Arias. Jacques Rouveyrollis a signé les lumières de grands shows populaires : le concert mythique de Jean-Michel Jarre place de la Concorde en 1979, le congrès du PS à Rennes en 1990, les cent ans de la Tour Eiffel... Rencontres, amitiés, catastrophes, fâcheries, fous rires, petits miracles du hasard, Jacques Rouveyrollis raconte avec verve et humour ses aventures (toujours en cours !) avec les artistes. Né en 1945 à Grenoble, Jacques Rouveyrollis, le plus célèbre éclairagiste de la scène française, a travaillé pour le music-hall à partir de 1965, avant d'aborder le théâtre dans les années 1980, puis l'opéra dans les années 1990. Il cosigne un album Johnny, à paraître le même jour chez Seghers. Il réside à Paris.
City of Dreams by Don Winslow - second in the trilogy which started last year with City on Fire. This is the second instalment in the story which started on Providence, Rhode Island, where Danny Ryan is now on the losing side of a turf war and takes his family to California to start a new life- but of course it doesn't work, the Mafia, the cops and the FBI all want him dead or in prison - but the Feds track him down and ask him to do them a favour which could either make him a fortune or get him killed. Don Winslow is one of the best - such a shame he's giving up writing to start a career in political activism and keep Trump out of office. (Though hope he succeeds!) The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly. She's done a series of historical fiction, all of which have a colour in their title and started with Lilac Girls which I adored. This is more WW2 fiction which is what she's so good at…….two women - one American and one French - work together as spies in the French Resistance, but when they're finally caught they're sent off to Ravensbruck concentration camp where of course awful things happen. Ten years later they meet up again and embark on a quest across Europe and ultimately to French Guiana, discovering a web of terrible secrets, and must put themselves in grave danger to finally secure justice and protect the ones they love. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
--Content Warning-- This week Burton, Zuul, and T.J. discuss a disgusting S.O.B.....Irma Grese. A guard at Auschwitz and Ravensbruck. Activities while at both consisted of rape, orgies, torture, canoodling with Joseph Mengele, and possibly making lampshades out of skin! While it may seem like we are making light of the Holocaust, we aren't. This is a comedy podcast first and foremost, so if this bothers you please don't listen and save everyone involved from a headache. Love, TJ
The highest compliment any reader can pay new crime fiction writer, Joanna Morrison, is “I couldn't put it down” or “You moved me”. Both epitaphs apply equally to “The Ghost of Gracie Flynn”. It's a non-linear unravelling of two compelling mysteries; a literary ghost story with a bittersweet twist. and Louise Adler is a warm and witty conversationalist who shares what drives her in the creation of Australia's most respected literary festival…and the ones that got away! Guests Joanna Morrison, author of “The Ghost of Gracie Flynn” Louise Adler, the director of Adelaide Writers Week Our Random Reader is Skye, aged 13 Other books that get a mention: Joanna mentions “I am, I am, I am; Seventeen Brushes with Death” by Maggie O'Farrell, Helen Garner's journals, “Taboo” by Kim Scott, “Spare” by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and “Hydra” by Adriane Howell. Louise mentions numerous authors, many of them attending Adelaide Writers Week, 4-9 March 2023. Some names included Shirley Hazzard, Dervla McTiernan and Simon Armitage. She also referred to “Ravensbruck” by Sarah Helm and “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The highest compliment any reader can pay new crime fiction writer, Joanna Morrison, is “I couldn't put it down” or “You moved me”. Both epitaphs apply equally to “The Ghost of Gracie Flynn”. It's a non-linear unravelling of two compelling mysteries; a literary ghost story with a bittersweet twist. and Louise Adler is a warm and witty conversationalist who shares what drives her in the creation of Australia's most respected literary festival…and the ones that got away! Guests Joanna Morrison, author of “The Ghost of Gracie Flynn” Louise Adler, the director of Adelaide Writers Week Our Random Reader is Skye, aged 13 Other books that get a mention: Joanna mentions “I am, I am, I am; Seventeen Brushes with Death” by Maggie O'Farrell, Helen Garner's journals, “Taboo” by Kim Scott, “Spare” by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and “Hydra” by Adriane Howell. Louise mentions numerous authors, many of them attending Adelaide Writers Week, 4-9 March 2023. Some names included Shirley Hazzard, Dervla McTiernan and Simon Armitage. She also referred to “Ravensbruck” by Sarah Helm and “The Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Crystal and Kelly chat about the strange gift of "context," the humility of the gift of "support," and our call to "give thanks in all circumstances" as beautifully displayed in the Ravensbruck Prayer. This prayer was found beside the dead body of an unknown young girl who died in the Ravensbruck concentration camp. “Oh Lord, remember not only the men and women of good will, but also those of ill will. But do not remember all the sufferings they have inflicted on us; Remember the fruits we have bought, thanks to this suffering — our comradeship, our loyalty, our humility, our courage, our generosity, the greatness of heart which has grown out of all this, and when they come to judgement let all the fruits which we have borne be their forgiveness.” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pelicanproject/message
Day 226 Today's Reading: 1 Peter 4 C. S. Lewis said, “Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.” That was certainly true for Corrie ten Boom. The story is well-known, but I think it's a powerful illustration for us. Corrie and her family hid Jews during the Holocaust. The Nazis found out and put her entire family into the concentration camps, where they all died except Corrie. After World War II and her release, she traveled extensively, telling her story and sharing the gospel. In 1947 she was in Munich speaking about God's forgiveness, and she saw a familiar face. It was one of the cruelest guards from the concentration camp she and her sister had been imprisoned in. Though she recognized him, he did not recognize her. “You mentioned Ravensbruck in your talk,” he told her after the service. “I was a guard there. . . . But since that time I have become a Christian. I know that God has forgiven me for the cruel things I did there, but I would like to hear it from your lips as well. Fraulein, will you forgive me?” He thrust his hand out to her. She stood paralyzed. This man had been a monster; he had filled her with shame and misery every day. How could she preach forgiveness when she was staring into the face of someone she needed to forgive but couldn't. She did the only thing she knew to do, she prayed right there on the spot. Jesus, help me! I can lift my hand. I can do that much. You supply the feeling, she prayed silently. “So woodenly, mechanically, I thrust my hand into the one stretched out to me. And as I did, an incredible thing took place,” she said. Power surged through her. “I forgive you, brother!” she said and cried. When you forgive, you don't change the past, but you sure do change the future. As poet William Blake said, “The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.” Corrie forgave the man, but there is another part of forgiveness that often gets neglected. That part is what we look at in today's chapter. Peter's strategy on forgiving people is one of the most important lessons in relationships: “Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4:8). Love covers a multitude of sins. When I am hurt by someone, I have two choices to resolve that hurt. Since forgiveness is not an option for me as a Christian, I have the choice of how I will forgive: I can confront it, or I can cover it. Remember this about forgiveness: we base it on what God has done for us, not on what another person has done to us. That means another person's apology, repentance, or admission of wrongdoing is not our motivation. Our forgiveness from God is our motivation. According to Ephesians 4:32, we forgive because we have been forgiven. Peter wants us to cover the offense. And that fervent love is the prerequisite for that choice. We can't cover an offense because we don't want to confront a person, but we can cover a hurt because we fervently love someone. To cover a hurt is very biblical, meaning that not everything that is hurtful has to be an offense. We don't have to address everything every time we are offended. In fact, I think it's a sign of maturity to let certain things go. There are some things I think God wants us to absorb to show and extend mercy. Why? Because that is the only way to build our mercy account: As Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy” (Matthew 5:7). There will come a day when we will need to withdraw from our mercy account, and that can only happen if we show mercy, not simply pray for mercy. Proverbs 19:11, NIV, says there is honor in covering an offense: “A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense.” The greatest people I know are not easily offended. Instead, they practice the habit of overlooking offenses. They take the high road and give the offender the benefit of the doubt, and then they move on. They are magnanimous—high-souled, able to overlook an injury or insult, rising above pettiness or meanness. But what does having fervent love mean? Peter said that's the way to cover an offense. The word fervent is critical in this verse and means the willingness to be stretched out. This kind of hurts to say it, but the word was used of a torture device that would stretch its victims on the rack. Fervent love stretches you beyond your normal capacity. Covering an offense is not based on the size of the offense but on the size of our heart. And if there is love there, fervent love. Solomon also talked about the concept of love covering an offense: “Love covers all transgressions” (Proverbs 10:12 ). There is no chapter that best describes fervent love than 1 Corinthians 13: Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong (1 Corinthians 13:4-5, TLB) What is love? It will hardly even notice when others do wrong. In order to cover an offense, we need love, fervent love, the love that stretches us.
Lord, remember not only men and women of good will, but also those of ill will. But do not remember all the suffering they inflicted on us. Remember the fruits we have borne thanks to this suffering: our comradeship, our humility, our courage, our generosity, the greatness of heart which has grown out of this; and when they come to judgment let all the fruits that we have borne be their forgiveness.” ~ Written on a piece of wrapping paper found near the body of a dead child in Ravensbruck, the second largest concentration camp for women in the German Reich, where 92,000 women and children died in the Holocaust. How, O my God, could a woman in this death camp write these words? How did she find the courage to keep her heart open? To care about the eternal salvation of those at whose hands she suffered and very likely died? Friends, today we also are living through turbulent and violent times. As we watch the social fabric of our nation disintegrate with mass shootings and watch with horrified anger at what Russia is inflicting on the Ukrainian people and the world, we may find our hearts closing. It could be that our hearts are hardening in fear or anger without our even realizing it. Whatever we are feeling, it is okay. We might feel overwhelmed at the prospect of the future for our children and grandchildren. It is okay. We might feel lost in the midst of everything that is going on around us. It is all okay. How difficult are you finding it to love and believe in the power of love in these days? The news cycle overwhelms and incites the fires of anger and fear and hatred in our minds and hearts. It all can feel so righteous, so right. After all, there is a clear bad guy in these incidents, and our hearts immediately take the side of the innocent victims. Today only the bravest can keep lit in their hearts the flame of charity.
Day 187 Today's Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5 My mentor R. T. Kendall said: “The happiest pillow on which you may rest your head is the knowledge of God's will. I cannot imagine a more miserable situation than consciously to be out of God's will.” Paul gives us two pillows to rest on in 1 Thessalonians. Those pillows are the clear will of God. And Paul makes it very clear that we know this is what God wants for us. My friend Winkie Pratney says, “Many say they can't get God's guidance, when they really mean they wish He would show them an easier way.” Yesterday we looked at the first verse: “For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). Sexual purity is God's clear will, that is pillow #1. Here is pillow #2: “In everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Paul couldn't have stated God's will and guidance for us any clearer: sexual purity and thanksgiving in everything. Difficult verses to live out? Absolutely. Possible to live out? Absolutely. But not without God's help. Always remember, God will never ask us to do anything that He will not give us the power to obey. Paul wrote to the church at Thessalonica about AD 54 while he was staying in Corinth. This was also the first letter of his fourteen Epistles Paul ever wrote. It was written mainly to Gentile converts, and was in effect, a design for discipleship, a practical primer on living the Christian life. So here in the fifth chapter of his first letter he ever wrote, he tells them, in everything give thanks. Paul did not say for everything but in everything. To say “for everything” would almost seem inhumane. No one can give thanks for everything, because some really horrible things happen to us. But when it gets hard, we can find thanksgiving in the situation. We can always find something to thank God for. And that's what Paul is telling us to do: in every situation find something to give thanks for. How was your day? Terrible. I had a flat tire on the way to work. No. Give thanks in everything. We can thank God that He gave us a car to get a flat tire with, a job to pay for the car that we got a flat tire in, the jack in the back that was there when we got the flat, and breath that we still have because the flat tire did not go bad and hit any other cars causing a fatal accident. Want to read the craziest I'm-thankful-in-everything scenario ever said? It has only been said in this place by only one man. Strange sounds, organs, all around him and here is the verse: “I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving” (Jonah 2:9). No big deal, you think? It is a big deal when you realize who said that! Jonah—while he was in the belly of the whale. He gave thanks when he was inside a whale. If Jonah could say it where he was then you and I can be thankful in whatever situation we find ourselves. Famous English Bible scholar Matthew Henry was once attacked and robbed. Afterward he wrote in his diary: “Let me be thankful, first, because he never robbed me before; second, although he took my purse, he did not take my life; third, because although he took all I possessed, it was not much; and fourth, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.” I believe it's God's will to thank Him before you ask Him. As Philippians 4:6 says, you are to make your requests known with thanksgiving.” Thank Him before you ask Him. It will purge your asking. How does thanksgiving purge the ask? Thanksgiving reminds you of all that God has already given to you. Former New York Yankees second baseman, Bobby Richardson, who is also a strong Christian, prayed at a meeting of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. This was his short prayer: “Dear God, Your will: nothing more, nothing less, nothing else!” Remember what Paul said, “in everything,” not “for everything.” That's the pillow R. T. Kendall speaks about. In The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom relates an incident that taught her this principle of being thankful in every situation. During World War II, she and her sister, Betsy, had been arrested for hiding Jews. They were both transferred to the concentration camp at Ravensbruck and found that their living quarters were infested with fleas, making a bad situation worse. She was complaining about it one day, when her sister reminded her of Paul's words to give thanks in everything. Then she challenged Corrie to give thanks for the fleas. She made a choice to offer thanks for the fleas anyway. Later, she found out that the fleas had actually protected them from the assaults of the German soldiers. Christian poet George Herbert wrote these powerful words: “Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing—a grateful heart!”
I saw and heard a woman speak in a church once nearly fifty years ago. Her name was Corrie ten Boom. She carried the “brand-marks of Jesus” (Galatians 6.17) on her body. While at the notorious Ravensbruck “death camp,” Corrie and her sister Betsie conducted Bible studies with fellow women prisoners in a flea infested barracks. “The guards never came in to stop them, because of the fleas. So Corrie and Betsie thanked God for the fleas!” Flea bites were Corrie's “brand-marks.” Until I suffer like Paul or Corrie, I will never compare my plight with theirs. There is no comparison between me and saints like that.
Mother Maria was born in Latvia in 1891. Like many of the pre-Revolutionary Russian intelligenstia, she was an atheist and a political radical in her youth, but gradually came to accept the truths of the Faith. After the Revolution, she became part of the large Russian emigre population of Paris. There she was tonsured as a nun by Metropolitan Evlogy, and devoted herself to a life of service to the poor. With a small community of fellow-believers, she established 'houses of hospitality' for the poor, the homeless, and the alcoholic, and visited Russian emigres in mental hospitals. In 1939 Metropolitan Evlogy sent the young priest Fr Dimitry to serve Mother Maria's community; he proved to be a partner, committed even unto death, in the community's work among the poor. When the Nazis took Paris in 1940, Mother Maria, Fr Dimitry, and others of the community chose to remain in the city to care for those who had come to count on them. As Nazi persecution of Jews in France increased, the Orthodox community's work naturally expanded to include protection and care of these most helpless ones. Father Dimitri was asked to provide forged certificates of baptism to preserve the lives of Jews, and always complied. Eventually, this work led to the arrest of Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and their associates. A fragment survives of the Gestapo's interrogation of Fr Dimitri: Hoffman: If we release you, will you give your word never again to aid Jews? Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must. (Hoffman struck Klepinin across the face.) Hoffman: Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty! (Klepinin, recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock.) Klepinin: Do you know this Jew? (For this, Father Dimitri was knocked to the floor.) "Your priest did himself in," Hoffman said afterward to Sophia Pilenko. "He insists that if he were to be freed, he would act exactly as before." Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and several of their colleages, were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (Mother Maria to Ravensbruck, Fr Dimitri to Buchenwald) where, after great sufferings, they perished. It is believed that Mother Maria's last act was to take the place of a Jew being sent to death, voluntarily dying in his place. A full account of their life and death is given on the site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Mother Maria and her companions were glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2004.
Mother Maria was born in Latvia in 1891. Like many of the pre-Revolutionary Russian intelligenstia, she was an atheist and a political radical in her youth, but gradually came to accept the truths of the Faith. After the Revolution, she became part of the large Russian emigre population of Paris. There she was tonsured as a nun by Metropolitan Evlogy, and devoted herself to a life of service to the poor. With a small community of fellow-believers, she established 'houses of hospitality' for the poor, the homeless, and the alcoholic, and visited Russian emigres in mental hospitals. In 1939 Metropolitan Evlogy sent the young priest Fr Dimitry to serve Mother Maria's community; he proved to be a partner, committed even unto death, in the community's work among the poor. When the Nazis took Paris in 1940, Mother Maria, Fr Dimitry, and others of the community chose to remain in the city to care for those who had come to count on them. As Nazi persecution of Jews in France increased, the Orthodox community's work naturally expanded to include protection and care of these most helpless ones. Father Dimitri was asked to provide forged certificates of baptism to preserve the lives of Jews, and always complied. Eventually, this work led to the arrest of Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and their associates. A fragment survives of the Gestapo's interrogation of Fr Dimitri: Hoffman: If we release you, will you give your word never again to aid Jews? Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must. (Hoffman struck Klepinin across the face.) Hoffman: Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty! (Klepinin, recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock.) Klepinin: Do you know this Jew? (For this, Father Dimitri was knocked to the floor.) "Your priest did himself in," Hoffman said afterward to Sophia Pilenko. "He insists that if he were to be freed, he would act exactly as before." Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and several of their colleages, were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (Mother Maria to Ravensbruck, Fr Dimitri to Buchenwald) where, after great sufferings, they perished. It is believed that Mother Maria's last act was to take the place of a Jew being sent to death, voluntarily dying in his place. A full account of their life and death is given on the site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Mother Maria and her companions were glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2004.
================================================== ==SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1================================================== == DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA ADULTOS 2022“NUESTRO MARAVILLOSO DIOS”Narrado por: Roberto NavarroDesde: Chiapas, MéxicoUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church 20 DE JUNIOBARRACA NUMERO 28«El que habita al abrigo del Altísimo morará bajo la sombra del Omnipotente. Diré yo a Jehová: "Esperanza mía y castillo mío; mi Dios, en quien confiare"». Salmos 91: 1-2LO LLAMABAN «EL LUGAR LOCO, donde se abriga la esperanza». Esa era la Barraca 28 de Ravensbruck, el campo de concentración para mujeres en la Alemania Nazi donde se calculó que apareció cerca de cien mil personas entre 1939 y 1945.En medio de ese infierno que era Ravensbruck, la Barraca 28 era el lugar donde un puñado de mujeres se atrevía a abrigar esperanza, aunque, desde el punto de vista humano, no había nada bueno que esperar. ¿Cuál era la base de su esperanza? Las promesas de la Palabra de Dios que, dos veces al día, leían en la Barraca 28.¿Cómo llegó esa Biblia a Ravensbruck? Corrie Ten Boom nos cuenta que era medianoche cuando ella y su hermana Betsie, junto a más de mil prisioneras, arribaron a Ravensbruck en septiembre de 1944. En el punto de inspección, cada mujer debía despojarse de toda su ropa, e ir a las duchas ante la mirada de los guardias.-Señor, ¿cómo podré pasar mi Biblia ante tantos guardias? -- Preguntó Corrie en oración.Entonces, junto con Betsie, pidió permiso para salir de la fila e ir al baño. El permiso le fue concedido. Una vez en el baño, escondió la Biblia bajo una de las bancas. Cuando le tocó su turno para ir a las duchas, ahí mismo la encontró. Solo quedó un problema: a la salida de los baños los guardias revisaron de nuevo. ¿Cómo esconder la Biblia debajo de la delgada tela del vestido? Otra vez oro.-Señor, por favor envía a tus ángeles para que me escuden, de modo que los guardias no me pueden ver.Cuenta Corrie que la mujer que estaba delante de ella en la fila fue inspeccionada. También Betsie, que estaba detrás, pero no a ella. ¡Como si hubiera sido invisible!Fue así como la Biblia llegó a la Barraca 28, «el lugar de la esperanza»: «El lugar donde aprendimos —escribe Corrie-, que un poder superior tiene la última palabra, incluso aquí [en un campo de concentración]». *Quizá te estás preguntando: «¿Y cómo podrían estudiar la Biblia sin que los guardias supieran?». Pues resulta que a la Barraca 28 los guardias no se atrevían a entrar porque estaba infestada de pulgas y piojos. ¡Con razón pueden estudiar la Biblia sin ser molestadas en lo más mínimo! **¿Conclusión? ¡El Dios que usó a los ángeles ya los piojos para ayudar a sus hijas ayer, también puede hacer un milagro por ti hoy! Esperanza mía y castillo mío, eres el Dios de lo imposible, y eres mi Dios. En ti confiaré hoy y siempre. Amén.*Corrie Ten Boom, Tramp for the Lord, Revell, 1974, pp. 22-24. ** Corrie Ten Boom, citada por Steve Halliday y William Travis, en How Great Thou Art, Multnomah, 1999, lectura para el 9 de diciembre.
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Mark 6:45–52 | The Church in a Boat from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Scripture: Mark 6:45–52 THE CHURCH IN A BOAT JESUS MADE HIS DISCIPLES GO JESUS WENT TO PRAY JESUS PASSED BY THE DISCIPLES HEARTS WERE HARD Kent Hughes It was obedience that made them so uncomfortable. It was obedience that accounted for Helen Roseveare's amazing story of persecution during the sixties in Africa. It was obedience that landed Corrie Ten Boom in Ravensbruck. It was obedience that put the four young missionaries through the rigors of captivity in Sudan. In all these cases, their misery was their own fault. If you submit your life to Christ in obedient commitment, you will expose yourself to a variety of sorrows. Your caring, your commitment to Biblical living, will make you vulnerable to things which the uncommitted heart will never experience. Job 9:2–12 But how can a man be in the right before God? If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times. He is wise in heart and mighty in strength —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?— he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger, who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble; who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars; who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea; who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south; who does great things beyond searching out, and marvelous things beyond number. Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him. Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?' Mark 4:41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” James Edwards Discipleship is more endangered by lack of faith and hardness of heart than by external dangers.
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Corrie Ten Boom was an amazing woman that was imprisoned by the Gestapo in Ravensbruck concentration camp during World War II because she was found helping save many Jews from the Holocaust. She was also imprisoned along with her father and sister, but she was the one that survived. And in her book, The Hiding Place, she describes the extraordinary conditions that she experienced while being in the concentration camp. But she also goes on to describe that life is a bit like a tapestry. Well, on this episode of #TheExecutiveCode podcast I share her thoughts and what we can learn from the experiences that we have in life. Connect with Paul:Find your life purpose and your unique Genius Drivers with Paul – https://paulwilliamdavis.com/find-your-life-purpose/ Purpose To Profits Course - https://paulwilliamdavis.com/discover-your-life-purpose-course/ Join our Free Community for more insights - https://www.theexecutivecode.com/View this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/davisconsultantsPublished Book - EVOLVE – Look Within Yourself For Business SuccessWebsite – https://PaulWilliamDavis.com/LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/pauldavisdublin/Blog - https://paulwilliamdavis.com/blog/Link Tree - https://linktr.ee/paulwilliamdavis
Mother Maria was born in Latvia in 1891. Like many of the pre-Revolutionary Russian intelligenstia, she was an atheist and a political radical in her youth, but gradually came to accept the truths of the Faith. After the Revolution, she became part of the large Russian emigre population of Paris. There she was tonsured as a nun by Metropolitan Evlogy, and devoted herself to a life of service to the poor. With a small community of fellow-believers, she established 'houses of hospitality' for the poor, the homeless, and the alcoholic, and visited Russian emigres in mental hospitals. In 1939 Metropolitan Evlogy sent the young priest Fr Dimitry to serve Mother Maria's community; he proved to be a partner, committed even unto death, in the community's work among the poor. When the Nazis took Paris in 1940, Mother Maria, Fr Dimitry, and others of the community chose to remain in the city to care for those who had come to count on them. As Nazi persecution of Jews in France increased, the Orthodox community's work naturally expanded to include protection and care of these most helpless ones. Father Dimitri was asked to provide forged certificates of baptism to preserve the lives of Jews, and always complied. Eventually, this work led to the arrest of Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and their associates. A fragment survives of the Gestapo's interrogation of Fr Dimitri: Hoffman: If we release you, will you give your word never again to aid Jews? Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must. (Hoffman struck Klepinin across the face.) Hoffman: Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty! (Klepinin, recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock.) Klepinin: Do you know this Jew? (For this, Father Dimitri was knocked to the floor.) "Your priest did himself in," Hoffman said afterward to Sophia Pilenko. "He insists that if he were to be freed, he would act exactly as before." Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and several of their colleages, were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (Mother Maria to Ravensbruck, Fr Dimitri to Buchenwald) where, after great sufferings, they perished. It is believed that Mother Maria's last act was to take the place of a Jew being sent to death, voluntarily dying in his place. A full account of their life and death is given on the site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Mother Maria and her companions were glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2004.
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Mother Maria was born in Latvia in 1891. Like many of the pre-Revolutionary Russian intelligenstia, she was an atheist and a political radical in her youth, but gradually came to accept the truths of the Faith. After the Revolution, she became part of the large Russian emigre population of Paris. There she was tonsured as a nun by Metropolitan Evlogy, and devoted herself to a life of service to the poor. With a small community of fellow-believers, she established 'houses of hospitality' for the poor, the homeless, and the alcoholic, and visited Russian emigres in mental hospitals. In 1939 Metropolitan Evlogy sent the young priest Fr Dimitry to serve Mother Maria's community; he proved to be a partner, committed even unto death, in the community's work among the poor. When the Nazis took Paris in 1940, Mother Maria, Fr Dimitry, and others of the community chose to remain in the city to care for those who had come to count on them. As Nazi persecution of Jews in France increased, the Orthodox community's work naturally expanded to include protection and care of these most helpless ones. Father Dimitri was asked to provide forged certificates of baptism to preserve the lives of Jews, and always complied. Eventually, this work led to the arrest of Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and their associates. A fragment survives of the Gestapo's interrogation of Fr Dimitri: Hoffman: If we release you, will you give your word never again to aid Jews? Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must. (Hoffman struck Klepinin across the face.) Hoffman: Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty! (Klepinin, recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock.) Klepinin: Do you know this Jew? (For this, Father Dimitri was knocked to the floor.) "Your priest did himself in," Hoffman said afterward to Sophia Pilenko. "He insists that if he were to be freed, he would act exactly as before." Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and several of their colleages, were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (Mother Maria to Ravensbruck, Fr Dimitri to Buchenwald) where, after great sufferings, they perished. It is believed that Mother Maria's last act was to take the place of a Jew being sent to death, voluntarily dying in his place. A full account of their life and death is given on the site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Mother Maria and her companions were glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2004.
“God does not have problems. Only plans,” proclaimed Corrie ten Boom when a clerical error allowed her to be released from a Nazi concentration camp one week before all women prisoners her age were executed.After being released from the horrors of Ravensbruck, Corrie continued to live in reliance on God, just as her family had as they hid Jews from Nazi terror. Traveling the world as an ambassador of the power of forgiveness in Christ, Corrie later established rehabilitation centers to help other Holocaust survivors. Her 1971 autobiography, "The Hiding Place", has inspired many people to see God at work through the darkest of life's circumstances.Recorded October 9, 2016
On 21 September 1941, a group of 400 women from Lublin and Warsaw was taken to Ravensbrück, the notorious concentration camp for women near Berlin. As TFN's history notable Stuart Dowell tells this week's The Debrief, the group included four Girl Guides who had been arrested for involvement with the Polish Underground. They would go on to create the secret letter writing group. Read the full story here.
Mother Maria was born in Latvia in 1891. Like many of the pre-Revolutionary Russian intelligenstia, she was an atheist and a political radical in her youth, but gradually came to accept the truths of the Faith. After the Revolution, she became part of the large Russian emigre population of Paris. There she was tonsured as a nun by Metropolitan Evlogy, and devoted herself to a life of service to the poor. With a small community of fellow-believers, she established 'houses of hospitality' for the poor, the homeless, and the alcoholic, and visited Russian emigres in mental hospitals. In 1939 Metropolitan Evlogy sent the young priest Fr Dimitry to serve Mother Maria's community; he proved to be a partner, committed even unto death, in the community's work among the poor. When the Nazis took Paris in 1940, Mother Maria, Fr Dimitry, and others of the community chose to remain in the city to care for those who had come to count on them. As Nazi persecution of Jews in France increased, the Orthodox community's work naturally expanded to include protection and care of these most helpless ones. Father Dimitri was asked to provide forged certificates of baptism to preserve the lives of Jews, and always complied. Eventually, this work led to the arrest of Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and their associates. A fragment survives of the Gestapo's interrogation of Fr Dimitri: Hoffman: If we release you, will you give your word never again to aid Jews? Klepinin: I can say no such thing. I am a Christian and must act as I must. (Hoffman struck Klepinin across the face.) Hoffman: Jew lover! How dare you talk of helping those swine as being a Christian duty! (Klepinin, recovering his balance, held up the cross from his cassock.) Klepinin: Do you know this Jew? (For this, Father Dimitri was knocked to the floor.) "Your priest did himself in," Hoffman said afterward to Sophia Pilenko. "He insists that if he were to be freed, he would act exactly as before." Mother Maria, Fr Dimitri, and several of their colleages, were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (Mother Maria to Ravensbruck, Fr Dimitri to Buchenwald) where, after great sufferings, they perished. It is believed that Mother Maria's last act was to take the place of a Jew being sent to death, voluntarily dying in his place. A full account of their life and death is given on the site of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. Mother Maria and her companions were glorified by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in 2004.
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