Auschwitz: final mission completed

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We moved over to the blown up crematoria to complete our final mission at Auschwitz-Birkenau. I had my Drift HD helmet camera with me. This is the same camera that was affixed to my bike throughout our long ride in Europe. I attached it to one of the barrier retaining vertical pegs using the quick clamp that normally fastened it to the bike.
After our episode with the anti semite and then the soothing encounter with the Rabbi, our emotions were pretty drained. The highs and lows spanned an exceptionally wide range but the anger of our earlier encounter kept us focused on reaching out to the almighty to uplift the souls of our families and indeed all the people who met their brutal end here.
The Kadish prayer we say is actually just that...a request to G-D to keep and uplift the souls of the departed closer to him. It is not an ode to the individual or group in the form of mourning but really a blessing in deep praise of G-D to fulfil our request in regard to those that have passed on.
Unfortunately the sound volume in this video is quite low due to our distance from the camera. Turn up your volume please or watch on a phone.
With the saying of this Kadish prayer we had completed our mission in the death camps of Poland that were highly relevant to both our families. There are too many other camps and mass graves throughout this country and indeed many others throughout Europe and Russia.
My final words in the video were in Yiddish, basically saying the perpetrators of these crimes should burn in hell for all they did to our families and all the Jewish people. The last phrase..."The Jewish people live".
All that was important was the Jewish people had survived this horrendous genocide and built a future with Israel. We will always be a target but at least now we can defend ourselves and continue to insist...NEVER AGAIN.

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