The News No One Could Carry
On April 15, 1945, British soldiers rolled open the gates of Bergen-Belsen. Sixty thousand prisoners stood on the other side. The soldiers expected cheering, embraces,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Mark 16:1-8.
On April 15, 1945, British soldiers rolled open the gates of Bergen-Belsen. Sixty thousand prisoners stood on the other side. The soldiers expected cheering, embraces, a rush toward freedom. Instead, they found silence. Thousands of gaunt faces stared back, unmoving. The liberators shouted that the war was nearly over, that they were free, but many prisoners simply sat down where they stood, trembling.…
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