Shards of the "Night of Broken Glass" remain in our collective memory . I heard stories on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday today, & read stories in in the New Yorker and the New York Times. These stories are from survivors, historians, and journalists. They are about both the evil then, and the rise of anti-semitism in Europe now.
Sometimes I feel despair. But I find comfort from those who did what they could to combat evil, and those who strive to heal the world now. I think Hans Christian Anderson's depiction in the fairy tale The Snow Queen is a good parallel. If you haven't read it take time to do so.
There are shards of glass that have entered peoples eyes and hearts that cause them to turn away from each other. But the love and pursuit of goodness from a child, who rescues her friend from the frozen cruelty, overcomes the evil.
I wrote a story about a friend, now of blessed memory who was a righteous gentile in the Czech resistance. It is a fictional account I based on his story. It is about love.
There is always a chance to heal the world.
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