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The Weight of Witnessing

Bearing Witness at Auschwitz/Birkenau 2025

Dec 08, 2025
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The Weight of Witnessing
by Philip Eugene Timm (Retreat Participant 2025)

“Remember only that I was innocent and, just like you, mortal on that day. I, too, had a face marked by rage, by pity and joy, quite simply, a human face.”

- Benjamin Fordane

Auschwitz-Birkenau reveals itself slowly through the Polish winter—first as a distant gate, then as endless b…

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