Tag: death

I Survived a Firing Squad

Can you imagine what it must be like to be marched out to face a firing squad, say goodbye to your closest friend who is standing next to you and then have the squad shoulder their rifles and march away having not fired a shot?  What are the odds of that happening during a war situation?

Hundreds of Little White Crosses will be Silent No More

On March 29th the ‘Silent No More’ movement was officially born in New Zealand. It was an event that was created out of a collective vision and a collective effort of numerous passionate New Zealanders from around the country who all had a shared desire and need to come together to tell their story and to just be heard. People from right across the country gathered in front of parliament in a memorial service grieving together, to tell their stories together, and to deliver their petition with 12,000 signatures gathered in just 5 days to parliament.

A boy child shows the triumph of good over man’s evil

Doctors bowed their heads in front of 11-year-old Yaawi Liang, who died of brain cancer. After learning about the disease, he volunteered to donate his organs to several people, thus saving their lives. Shortly before his death, he told his mother: ‘There are so many beautiful people in the world, doing good every day. I want to be one of them.’

The Allies Genocide of 14 million ethnic Germans ended only when the Soviets stepped in and rescued the nation’s survivors

In response to our superbly researched story about the absence of German atrocities during World War II, to which were added many admissions by Allied commanders that the German armed forces treated their captives far better than convention required, a Canadian reader suggested that we republish The Silence of the Lambs to the Slaughter.