Crucible of Terror - A Story of Survival Through the Nazi Storm

June 4, 2007 | Filed Under Recommended Reading | 1 Comment 

Max Liebster’s Autobiography “Crucible of Terror” is essential reading. Max was a Jew who survived the horrors of the Nazi holocaust and was deeply moved and impressed by one particular group of people - the Bibelforscher; the Bible Students who wore the Purple Triangle. As one of Jehovah’s Witnesses my heart swells when reading this account, with joy and pride at how my brothers were united by faith and supported by Jehovah, but my heart also breaks when reading of all the terrible things they and many other innocent ones had to endure. What is it that marked those Bibelforscher as so different? Read Liebster’s account to find out. I have pasted here the excerpt found on the official website.

Three years had elapsed since “Crystal Night.” I stood stripped of my rights and my dignity, exposed to the whim of the “Master Race.” On the main gate of Sachsenhausen, one could read the mocking words forged in iron, “ARBEIT MACHT FREI” (work makes you free). Other young Jews had also been summoned on this cold November day. An SS officer told us that we had been chosen to go to a work camp called Neuengamme. Read more

Model Railway

June 4, 2007 | Filed Under Photo Updates | 2 Comments 

Loft Railway version 3 is well underway in dad’s loft. The beta version began over 20 years ago with a dream. Version 1 was built and successfully operated until a house rewiring required it to be removed. Version 2 was built but then scrapped after technical difficulties. Now the bulk of the track-work for version 3 is finished! A complete circuit of the loft space, on raised boards with a main station/terminus. The job is far from done though, as now every piece must be electrified, locos serviced, buildings constructed etc etc.