tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549963549429593969.post7518575953170944331..comments2024-01-20T06:51:58.729-08:00Comments on Echoes of Tattered Tongues: Memory Unfolded: REPARATIONSJohn Guzlowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052735138993479204noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549963549429593969.post-62972289820973485962014-07-31T12:58:14.066-07:002014-07-31T12:58:14.066-07:00By the way, my father too lost all his teeth in th...By the way, my father too lost all his teeth in the campsJohn Guzlowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052735138993479204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549963549429593969.post-26575327204766475972014-07-31T12:56:56.123-07:002014-07-31T12:56:56.123-07:00Radha, you are right about people not understandin...Radha, you are right about people not understanding. So many want to talk about the philosophical aspects or the moral aspects of reparations. <br /><br />For me it's all personal. John Guzlowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052735138993479204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-549963549429593969.post-63745761275577126542014-07-31T10:21:53.185-07:002014-07-31T10:21:53.185-07:00Thank you John - my mother was taken into slave la...Thank you John - my mother was taken into slave labor after the Warsaw Uprising when everyone was driven out of the city. She lived in a barn and worked at a munitions factory. Working with sulfur made her ill, vomit, lose her cycle, rot her teeth. It took 5 years of waiting late in her life for the reparation check to come from Germany. She would say that they were hoping she'd die so they won't have to send the money. She was in slave labor for 9 months and received a little over $1000. That's maybe 25 per hour. Not only was she traumatized but here I am at 66 being the after shock of her ordeal. I can see that writing poetry helps you deal - It's hard for me to talk about it to those who have no understanding or experience of that period of time.Radhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048599248816127110noreply@blogger.com