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placed at fixed intervals listing the different sections
of the town to which the dead, during their lifetimes,
belonged. The grounds are surrounded by small
private graves which preserve the names of at least a
few of the dead. They tell their own story. One man
commemorates his wife and seven children, aged
three to fifteen years — his entire family. Another
survivor states that his wife died ”as a result of a
terror attack”. On a little wooden cross erected by
another man in memory of his wife is a commentary
on her death, laconic but very eloquent. It consists
of only one word: ”Warum?”
Why? This silent query written on the wooden
cross in Ohlsdorff is directed to a whole nation. If
one knew how the majority of the German people
today would answer this question — in what spirit
they would approach it — one would also know
much about the road the German people intend to
follow in the future.
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