This posting is in honour of my Dad's memory on the occasion of his Birthday.
FRANCISZEK (FRANK)Born 4-11-1921 . Died aged 56 yrs.
Kochany Tata, dziekuje za wszystko co mnie dalesz.
Bylam ,glupia i mloda ....nie rozumnialam nic.
Jak ciesko zycie bylo.....i JEST....TAK DALEJ
KOCHAM POLSKE, I SPIEWAM PIOSENKI OD KRWI.
JESTEM POLKA, STO PROCENT.....NA ZAWSZE.
NIGDY NIE ZAPOMNEM CIE, TATA....NIGDY.
Twoja kochana co'rka. E.J.
My Father was a War hero....a child slave labourer taken from his village in Poland Medynia Glogowska...by the Nazis, .BY VERY BRUTAL FORCE,to work as a young boy OF 15, in LUBECKER ..GERMANY..IN THE COAL MINES..(amongst other places)...!!.No food,.OH apart from mosquito soup..with urine +dry stale bread) ..no warmth,.no family.,.no clean dry clothes..,..no bed...no ...NOTHING....!!!.OH sorry, APART FROM THE DAILY THREAT OF OSWIECIM....= AUSCHWITZ) or DACHAU or TREBLINKA) daily BEATINGS...BATTERINGS.....DAILY..EXPERIMENTS....ON how much the human body and mind can endure..ie,..Inbetween working 18 hours a day in the mines-one of the treats to look forward were Gym CLASSES' IN DEEP SNOW...5 TIMES A DAY & NIGHT -,EXERCISE FOR SKELETONS ! WORK, AND WORK ALONE WILL LIBERATE US.!!....ALL THAT WAS FAMILAR WAS A DISTANT MEMORY.
JUST A LIVING HELL...& A REAL LIFE NIGHTMARE.......THAT WENT ON & ON & ON , YEAR AFTER BLOODY YEAR.....HE fought for MY FREEDOM. !AND HE PAID FOR IT DEARLY .....AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL TO HIM.
CZERWONE MAKI NA 'MONTE CASSINO' la l a la....Polska, .,KREW... i tam szedl zolniersz i gina, la lal alaaaaaala laaaaaaaaaa CZERWONE MAKI NA MONTE CASSINO......
i HAVE BEEN TO MONTE CASSINO....AND PUT FLOWERS (POPPIES) ON THE WAR GRAVES....DURING MASSIVE ELECTRICAL THUNDERSTORMS...(Which was really weird as you can imagine.)..LIKE...MACHINE GUNS GOING OFF EVERYWHERE !..) IT MADE IT MORE REAL....WHAT TERRORS WENT ON THERE ,IN THAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE.THUNDER AND LIGHTNING ON THE MOUNTAIN OF THE MONASTERY OF CASSINO...non stop ........WITH MRS KRAPS FLOWERS WILTING IN THE AFTERNOON SUN....& TERRIFYING SHOCKS blasting down FROM THE HEAVENS ABOVE .iT WAS THE MOST VICOUS TERRIBLE STORM..I LOVE MONTE CASSINO, I LOVED IT THERE,a place of poppies and blood...IT'S SO MOVING.I HAVE BURIED MY LOCK OF HAIR & ....A SECRET...THERE..I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS............I'm going to go back one day TO find it.I just hope IT doesn't thunder and lighten again.
My COURAGEOUS FATHER.,...HALF OF MY CREATOR....MY DAD..got out of that bloody mine, MUCH later.,& with his friends BECAME ,A PARTISAN .!...living and hiding IN DEEP DARK FORESTS..........FROM...EVIL ! PURE EVIL..! Facing terror round every corner..MY DAD..!!! .....BLOODY WELL........DID IT !!! He saved many lives...without a thought of his own...HE STOOD FOR FREEDOM..!!! FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOOD AND DECENT ! AND YET HE NEVER,EVER EVER.,..SAW ......SOLIDARNOSC' =SOLIDARITY..= LECH WALESA ,the lowly shipyard electrician who became the president of Poland..etc,he missed it all !! HIS DREAM ..of..A FREE POLSKA......He never had time to see his beloved home country ,HIS POLAND, FREE..!.from one bloody oppressor to the next.
MY HERO...MY TATA...! MY HANDSOME FATHER. OF WHOM I AM SO PROUD TO HAVE HALF HIS BLOOD............AND WITH MY MOTHERS........HALF..........MY GOD..........HOW LUCKY AM I !!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TATA . GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN.
RIP. +
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11 commenti:
honor to your corageous father
you must be proud of your father; I suggest that we do not write anything until everybody reads this post
Very nice of you Mrs Krap to honor your father and mother
Incredible story about your father you made all of us see you as her daughter rather than Mrs Krap
So much pain and suffering..and he kept right on going. Thats what heros are made of.
It's hard to grasp all that went on during the war....thank you for sharing this very personal story with us. Happy Birthday to your Dad...
Dear Anonimo....Thank you for your kind comment.I appreciated it very much.
Dear Contromisura,
You have left me a very kind comment.I didn't expect it.It was a lovely thought . Grazie from Mrs krap.
Dear 'the best'
Grazie for your lovely comment.My parents deserve to be honoured by me.I loved them very much & will continue to do so till i die...and beyond.
Dear Contumelia,
Grazie for your lovely and warm comment.Yes, my dads story is incredible.I only touched the surface.I'm glad that you read me.
Dearest Maggie,
How wonderful to get a comment from you.Grazie for your lovely words. My DAD said Thank you for his birthday wishes.He left me a message on a cloud.It is wonderful to see you here on the journal again.
Auguri al padre di Mrs Krap dovunque sta anche se solo nei nostri cuori.
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