Comments on: The Road to Heaven http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-road-to-heaven/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Sat, 19 May 2012 08:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: gene http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-road-to-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-111811 gene Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:21:07 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=2667#comment-111811 there is a brief note about this at the epilogue of "village of a million spirits" another haunting work about treblinka and the uprising. the ukrainian who is sent to live in the house is aware of the fact that the fine bricks have been conveniently recycled from the treblinka gas chambers; which have killed more than a million people. he describes the bricks different textures and bodily stains as well as the haunting voices he hears from them. the most haunting scene, though, is where the main character is forced to sort out bodies in mass graves for incineration on bonfires. it was so sickening, i had trouble sleeping that night. i had a touch of being haunted, compared with the utmost giddy chaotic horror that tainted all who worked at the camp. as Janusz declares in a few instances, "Treblinka is special" not only a place that lives in timeless eternity, but a place of such unrelenting inhumane terror that people lose the reality of themselves. there is a brief note about this at the epilogue of “village of a million spirits” another haunting work about treblinka and the uprising.

the ukrainian who is sent to live in the house is aware of the fact that the fine bricks have been conveniently recycled from the treblinka gas chambers; which have killed more than a million people. he describes the bricks different textures and bodily stains as well as the haunting voices he hears from them.

the most haunting scene, though, is where the main character is forced to sort out bodies in mass graves for incineration on bonfires. it was so sickening, i had trouble sleeping that night.

i had a touch of being haunted, compared with the utmost giddy chaotic horror that tainted all who worked at the camp. as Janusz declares in a few instances, “Treblinka is special” not only a place that lives in timeless eternity, but a place of such unrelenting inhumane terror that people lose the reality of themselves.

]]> By: Raymond Johansen http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-road-to-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-111723 Raymond Johansen Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:43:50 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=2667#comment-111723 I like this story. But I don't like the history:-) Thanks for sharing with us:-) I like this story. But I don’t like the history:-) Thanks for sharing with us:-)

]]> By: Dollhouse http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-road-to-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-111249 Dollhouse Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:50:29 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=2667#comment-111249 For the uninitiated I add that the camp was closed in 1944, and as a labor camp not acted already in 1943 and was nearly the largest (behind the Birkenau) extermination camp Jews. Today we are celebrating anniversaries in Poland and Warsaw uprising known TV interview with a former officer of SSM who said: "I saw a Ukrainian village, completely taken up with fire. It was a beautiful view." Next I had the power not to watch. For the uninitiated I add that the camp was closed in 1944, and as a labor camp not acted already in 1943 and was nearly the largest (behind the Birkenau) extermination camp Jews.
Today we are celebrating anniversaries in Poland and Warsaw uprising known TV interview with a former officer of SSM who said: “I saw a Ukrainian village, completely taken up with fire. It was a beautiful view.” Next I had the power not to watch.

]]> By: Watch Heroes Online http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/the-road-to-heaven/comment-page-1/#comment-110952 Watch Heroes Online Sun, 03 May 2009 07:46:11 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/?p=2667#comment-110952 Powerful stuff. I just recently finished reading "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" by John Boyne. I recommend this book to anyone whom was moved by the above excerpt as I was. Powerful stuff. I just recently finished reading “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” by John Boyne. I recommend this book to anyone whom was moved by the above excerpt as I was.

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