Louis Fynaut, Buchenwald Survivor:

Saturday, 11 October 2014

Buchenwald's Oak tree

AND SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE - MY DAD'S BLOG IS INCREASING AT A STEADY AND SLOW PLACE

The Pull of the Poulders

An echo of the hope of the medieval Low Country emigrants to German lands is captured in the text of an old Flemish ballad:

“Naer Oostland willen wy ryden,

Naer Oostland willen wy mee,

Al over die groene heiden,

Frisch over die heiden.

Daer isser een betere stee

Als wy binnen

Oostland komen

Al onder dat hooge huis,

Daer worden wy binnen gelaten,

Frisch over die heiden;

Zy heeten ons willekom zyn.”[xix]

My dad was given a message by some young children at Auschwitz from Lille to tell the world what happened to them!

My dad's memoir at www.fynaut.blogspot.ca - Flemish survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps World War II.....

Kudos to my dad for living an adventurous and happy life - despite being faced with extreme circumstances!