There Was No Such Thing As Celebrating The New Year, Rosh Hashanah In War Torn Slovakia
By Cheryl Freier
Every bit of food was a gift—almost like a gift from the sky—and as was written in The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems, ….” We knew not to expect a visit from my father’s foreman with a new bag of cans. It would be dangerous for the foreman, and we did not want anything to happen to him. We had to begin rationing our food supply. From the lack of food, we started to weaken. We could see the starvation was robbing us of our strength. The colors of our eyes got darker, almost pitch black and the shape of our eyes grew rounder and more pronounced……”

And So the Words On Page 10 Read As The Following:
(From The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems – www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com)
….”the air. They passed through the other side of the dark curtain of death, which descended into the earth a long way down. Joseph said his family stayed in the woods until Joseph’s guide stood up and raised his hand, pointing his hand in the direction of their town. With hopes diminished for escape, they trudged home, never muttering a word. Martin prayed silently for deliverance….”

And So the Words On Page 10 Read As The Following:
(From The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems – www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com)
….”the air. They passed through the other side of the dark curtain of death, which descended into the earth a long way down. Joseph said his family stayed in the woods until Joseph’s guide stood up and raised his hand, pointing his hand in the direction of their town. With hopes diminished for escape, they trudged home, never muttering a word. Martin prayed silently for deliverance….”

The grayling fish became the Freier family’s symbol of resistance against the Nazis in Nazi Slovakia. See www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com. Read the book The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems, and the other novels that follow. The novels tell the story of the Freier family’s resistance against the Nazis; the novels tell the true story about their survival in war-torn Slovakia. www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com

Let The Story Of What Happened in Nazi Slovakia Be Told
From the book The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems,…” An officer walked off of the front steps of the last train and watched as a man, running, approached the train. Almost out of breath, he waved his papers and gave them to the soldier, and the soldier took them and read them…..” Read the exciting part of this chapter and others, and read the other books, too.

A Passage Of Words Taken From The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems
Visualize the picture that the words are trying to portray: …..”…The stairway led to three large size rooms downstairs; one was a chapel, ornately decorated round the Rabbi’s podium with large golden letters, which translated Hillel’s message, “do onto others as you would want others to do onto you.”

Feel The Rhythm Of The Words Resounding And Echoing In The Novel, The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems
….”It was very common to see: men going in alone, women going in alone, men and women walking as a couple, fathers and mothers holding their children by their hands—they all walked into the sanctuary, each with a hope of connecting with God in the spiritual as well as the worldly way. Even the smallest child seemed to understand that a feeling of warmth and love was in the air; and that this special spirit was undeniably part of G-d……”

The Grayling Fish Was The Freier Family’s Symbol of Resistance Against The Nazis is Slovakia
Written in the book the Grayling Hidden Truth Poems is the powerful story of the day-to-day resistance and survival against the Nazis in Slovakia. It is a must read. www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com.

The War Came To Slovakia And These Were Bitter Times
The character Sam endures one hardship after another in his attempt to live out the war. On page 95 of The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems, the text of the novel reads, “A mist hovered over the trunks and branches of the trees, making it hard to see, but Sam knew his way. “There are always clusters of trees”, he muttered to himself, and he remembered what Joseph had taught him, “walk closely to the trees”. He felt like a shadow—-traveling amongst the trees, moving cautiously and n step with all the creatures, who knew that the woods were their only habitat.”

From Stories Told By People Who Survived The Holocaust In Nazi Slovakia www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com
From the novel, The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems, the following words are from page 95, …”He broke off a few of the taller branches. “All right”, he said, “trees die too”. He began to deftly put together a raft with the wood, putting the branches together; and tying them with strong weeds for twine; in his mind he visualized the raft as a magical raft, which could take him and his family far out to sea to an Island where there was prayer all day—and everyone could practice his religion, and where there was not the day-to-day searching for food. His thoughts were interrupted—for she came over to him.