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…


