Archbishop Beck Stands Together
“First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me.”
In these fragile times, we live in a world of increasing prejudice, discrimination and persecution despite our collective human effort to remember lives lost in countless conflicts across the globe. We think of the Holocaust with echoes of “Lest we forget” and “Never Again”, yet when we see prejudice in the corridors of our lives, we allow ourselves to turn a blind eye, join in and exercise one of the most dangerously subversive sentiments of modernity: indifference. Indifference is what we must fight, even more than hatred, as it is indifference which renders our fellow human beings as meaningless.The college was represented at the recent Holocaust Memorial Service by Student Ambassadors, Joseph and Michael.
HOLOCAUST
Surrounded by barbed wire Death all around No safe place to hide Our lives are now no more Tears rolling down people’s faces Wondering if the outside world will be there friend once more
Bombs falling no lives saved Peoples pleads for help filled the air Cramped spaces with no room What has my life become It doesn’t matter my race or religion Just let me be free once more Red poppies now symbolise my true life I hope the world realises the destruction soldiers caused me Just for my religion and race My life ended so soon why couldn’t I have lived
The destruction soldiers caused me ended my life I knew the time was near but the way I was brought down Will not defy who I am for I am the one who stood up for my rights But I was dis respected and that’s what will go will me and I hope the message that You receive is that who you are does not defy your personality
As my time draws near I’m beginning to go insane For I have been looking at these four walls for days It felt like I was isolated from life as the air in front of me slowly turns to poison And the people I once called friends lay in front of me
LIFELESS
As the world starts to spin and my life starts to drain away I begin to remember the people I once loved The life I once used to lead The regret started to control me Why did my parents make me lead a life of this religion? For it has now made me pay for it As I may no longer see the light of day again
