Thankfully, There Is Always Survival When The Food Chains In The Waters Of The Earth Are Intact
Written by Cheryl Freier (author/illustrator)
When one thinks of waters, one always wants to think about pure and pristine waters. Such were the waters that Joseph Freier and his family found in the woods near the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia during WWII. The waters of the lake sustained their thirst and provided the bountiful sustenance of the grayling fish, which they ate to their heart’s delight.
As there is concern today about the melting of ice and the rising waters of the earth, there was an interesting article about an expedition on the ship Polaris. The heading of this expedition was for the large and far-off archipelago around Franz Josef Land, which comprises some 192 islands. Scientists aboard the ship tested the waters for the complexities of the copepods; these are minute crustaceans, which nevertheless have a direct affect upon the food chains in the Arctic Ocean.
Cheryl Freier is the author of a new novel, which is entitled: Echoes Resounding From The Past: Hidden truth Poems. Read for your reading pleasure; read for your sense of adventure. Read to see the connections from the past to the present. Cheryl Freier’s website is www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com and a second website in which she posts blogs is www.cherylfreiersite.wordpress.com. (source for information on the Franz Josef Land is the National Geographic The First Stonehenge, August, 2014.)

Can The Ness Of Brodgar Have Something In Common With A Bunker Built For Survival During WWII?
Written by Cheryl Freier, author and illustrator

I just became familiar with the Ness of Brodgar, which is located off of the coast of Scotland. It is an extraordinary find, which was found about 10 years ago in 2002. Proven to go back one-thousand years—one of the facets of its uniqueness is that there is no other site in Europe that matches its design or structural development. The central purpose of the community was to worship; it is a feat of building a habitat in a marshland when waters from the ice age were still rising. Evidence suggests from the outline and structure of the buildings that superior knowledge was known in the construction of the stone houses; evidences suggests that this community setting might have been used solely for the purpose of worshipping.
Just a little over 70 years ago, Joseph Freier and his family fled the Nazi onslaught in WWII; they escaped into the woods near the Tatra Mountains; Joseph and his sons built an underground bunker; it was sophisticated enough to house a family of five children and two adults. They also built a stove to cook their food. Safety and concealment from the Nazis was their main purpose, but they did have one Bible; they tried to follow the prayer times, as they prayed in the hollowed-out circumferences of their bunker. I often wonder if anything remained of their bunker, but time will tell as it tells all.
Cheryl Freier has just published her fifth novel, Echoes Resounding From The Past: Hidden Truth Poems; she is a novelist whose concentration is on WWII. Read Echoes Resounding From The Past and become entranced with the way the past repeats itself throughout history. Read two of her other books: The Grayling: Hidden Truth Poems, and The Wild Grasses: Hidden Truth Poems to find out more about the family’s journey for survival in war-torn Europe during WWII. Cheryl’s website is www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com. (information on the Ness of Brodgar found in the “National Geographic”, August 2014 edition).

A major historical development will be taking place soon at the end of this month: there will be the commemoration for the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the remaining victims of Auschwitz after the victory against Germany and the end of WWII.
My mother-in-law and her family had many harrowing escapes during the war. I wrote about the family’s experiences in four previous novels. The fifth novel, which will soon be printed and presented to the public, told the story about Anna’s four sons; they were brought to a farm to hide in a hidden room which was built in the back of a barn. They did escape the Germans but there were at least one or two narrow and harrowing escapes. The name of the book is: Echoes Resounding From The Past: Hidden Truth Poems; and I promise that you will have the sense of wonder and appreciation for the freedom that we have in this country, when you finish reading the book.
It was in the late part of the summer of 1944 that the family fled to the woods. This time was worse than ever. They knew that the Nazis had come to kill for the final solution. They knew that the Nazis wanted to kill off all of the Jews before the war ended and that the Nazis were struggling to overcome the recent victories that the Americans, and British, and French had against them.
The Freier family fled to the woods, which boarded near Micholovce, Slovakia in order to escape the onslaught of the German army. They ran from their home almost naked, in summer clothes—hardly clothed and chilled by the cold of the long, cold summer nights. When they heard gunshots in the background, and tanks firing their fierce rounds of ammunition, they got down on their knees and prayed for their lives. Joseph told his wife Anna, “We must all crawl through the woods. We have no choice but to crawl and hope for the best”. They did manage to escape the fiercest onslaught that had ever come to the people of the town of Micholovce. When the family stopped for the first time in the woods, they realized that they had stumbled upon an oasis. Small quince tree, ripe with fruit dotted the landscape and they were near a lake. The family fished for the grayling fish, and they ate the fish, and they were sustained. Week later they were found by Joseph’s trusted foreman and a friend that both men trusted. They were brought food and clothing, which they warmly welcomed and were grateful for. They continued with this type of routine—fishing for the grayling, and eating the food that was delivered, and eating from the forest’s bounty, until the winter of 1944 and 1945, which was the coldest and the fiercest ever. The snow continued to fall for weeks. The temperature was icy cold and every- thing outside up above their underground bunker was frozen solid.
On the night before Christmas of 1944, my mother-in-law, Anna, climbed out of her bunker to pray to G-d to save her five children, and her husband, and herself, who were literally starving to death. She stood there in the middle of the pitch-black dark night in no-man’s land—deep in the heart of the woods that few people had ever seen. The chill dulled her thoughts. She was no longer afraid of dying; she stood there, almost rigid—in tattered and torn clothing, and in boots that no longer fit her feet—they had become so cold. She prayed to G-d to save her family for as she expressed with all of her strength that she had left, “they were innocent and deserved to live. At that moment, she remembered the many times that she had herself visited the Christian poor and had brought them wood to heat their stoves and their chimneys. The winter’s weather had been so severe that they were unable to find food in the forest.
At the moment that she ended her prayers, she heard voices—they were voices from people, the sounds of people traveling through the woods in the darkness of the night and singing. At that moment, she admitted to me that she didn’t even care if they were Nazi soldiers. She and her family had to have food. She looked in the direction where the sound of the singing was coming from, and she saw sleighs in the distance; she saw lights from lighted torches. She called out to these people, “I am here. I am here”, and they heard her, and they brought her and her family food to eat for the Christmas and the New Year, and they announced the new year.
I would like to ask if anyone has any information on the church in Slovakia that these people who risked their lives, belonged to. I would like to know if these people were partisans from Slovakia? If anyone has any information, please email me the information at cfreier2003@yahoo.com. If I can find the names of the people and more information, then I will have the material, the validation which I am seeking, so I can write my sixth novel on the family’s experiences of the very cold winter of 1944 and 1945 during World War II.
I thank you for reading my article.
I am Cheryl Freier, the wife of Martin Freier, who was a survivor.
http://www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com

On This Anniversary Of the Liberation Of Auschwitz, We Must Think About The World At War During World War II and About Auschwitz: The two Ideas Are Inseparable
Cheryl Freier, writer
At the end of the month of January, there will be a dedication for the remembrance of the liberation of interred prisoners from the Auschwitz Camp that was located in Poland. Much has been written about the history of World War II and no doubt in the many generations to come, more will be written on the major battles, and about the most illustrious and remembered generals like General Patton, and General Dwight Eisenhower, and General McArthur, thankfully. More will be written on Hitler and his band of generals who challenged the world to a duel for freedom and nearly won.
Recently I read an article on the Yahoo website that an archeologist was now delving into the logistics issues in several of the countries where the war took place. Investigations were being made in the woods and country sides of these countries to find remnants of WWII; the archeologists were searching for man-made dug-out craters which proved that fighting took place in this area, and they were searching for remnants of supply depots and other proofs that fighting between armies took place in the area. Their search for information on the ground was fueled by a desire of these archeologists to analyze the terrain for reasons for the loss or the gain from the battle. Actually, this idea is quite sophisticated and novel in nature in that archeologist, accordingly have always been known to dig up artifacts of civilizations that existed hundreds and thousands of years ago.
With all that is written about the topic in historical annals and with all that is analyzed for competency, and brilliance, and strategic mistakes, we must remember the central part of the issue—-the heart of the matter is how the Nazi occupation affected the average man and woman and their families. We must think about the other form of destruction not only the destruction of property. We must think about how every person living under the occupation had to assume an entirely different persona and the destruction of the individual. The war bred hate amongst people. The war caused numerable ways of suffering besides the destruction of soldiers dying on the battlefields. The concept of peace was destroyed and if the war had not been brilliantly won, the peace of the world would have been destroyed for all of these 70 years.
But let us talk about another damage that is very rarely discussed. The war showed people that there was a beast within some of us that if unbridled would unleash the power over life and death. This brings us to the heart of the matter of the destruction of our psyche for hundreds and hundreds of years to come. The war showed all people that one man could shout hate and all would follow and shout hate. The war showed us that one man could command armies of soldiers for his own aggrandizement. The war showed us that some of us were capable of imprisoning innocent people and killing them.
The lesson of the war and the lesson of the extermination camps is one lesson in the same. It shows that we must resist temptation to do wrong. It shows that we must become believers in ourselves and in our goodness and prompt those programs that assist us with this peaceful way of thinking. We must have reverence for another human being even if we do not like them. The lessons of Auschwitz will go down in history as the failure of man to have within himself enough sense of righteousness so that the extreme of concentration camps never would have come into existence.
Never before in the history of mankind was a killing machine developed for the purpose of eradicating a whole group of people. We must pray for the strength to follow endeavors that help people and do good and reverence for their entire lifetime. Ultimately, then mankind can recover from the destruction of the war.
Cheryl Freier is the author of five novels which expound on the Holocaust. Her fifth novel, entitled Echoes Resounding From the Past will be available to the public in a week or so.

On This Anniversary Of the Liberation Of Auschwitz, We Must Think About The World At War During World War II and About Auschwitz: The two Ideas Are Inseparable
Cheryl Freier, writer
At the end of the month of January, there will be a dedication for the remembrance of the liberation of interred prisoners from the Auschwitz Camp that was located in Poland. Much has been written about the history of World War II and no doubt in the many generations to come, more will be written on the major battles, and about the most illustrious and remembered generals like General Patton, and General Dwight Eisenhower, and General McArthur, thankfully. More will be written on Hitler and his band of generals who challenged the world to a duel for freedom and nearly won.
Recently I read an article on the Yahoo website that an archeologist was now delving into the logistics issues in several of the countries where the war took place. Investigations were being made in the woods and country sides of these countries to find remnants of WWII; the archeologists were searching for man-made dug-out craters which proved that fighting took place in this area, and they were searching for remnants of supply depots and other proofs that fighting between armies took place in the area. Their search for information on the ground was fueled by a desire of these archeologists to analyze the terrain for reasons for the loss or the gain from the battle. Actually, this idea is quite sophisticated and novel in nature in that archeologist, accordingly have always been known to dig up artifacts of civilizations that existed hundreds and thousands of years ago.
With all that is written about the topic in historical annals and with all that is analyzed for competency, and brilliance, and strategic mistakes, we must remember the central part of the issue—-the heart of the matter is how the Nazi occupation affected the average man and woman and their families. We must think about the other form of destruction not only the destruction of property. We must think about how every person living under the occupation had to assume an entirely different persona and the destruction of the individual. The war bred hate amongst people. The war caused numerable ways of suffering besides the destruction of soldiers dying on the battlefields. The concept of peace was destroyed and if the war had not been brilliantly won, the peace of the world would have been destroyed for all of these 70 years.
But let us talk about another damage that is very rarely discussed. The war showed people that there was a beast within some of us that if unbridled would unleash the power over life and death. This brings us to the heart of the matter of the destruction of our psyche for hundreds and hundreds of years to come. The war showed all people that one man could shout hate and all would follow and shout hate. The war showed us that one man could command armies of soldiers for his own aggrandizement. The war showed us that some of us were capable of imprisoning innocent people and killing them.
The lesson of the war and the lesson of the extermination camps is one lesson in the same. It shows that we must resist temptation to do wrong. It shows that we must become believers in ourselves and in our goodness and prompt those programs that assist us with this peaceful way of thinking. We must have reverence for another human being even if we do not like them. The lessons of Auschwitz will go down in history as the failure of man to have within himself enough sense of righteousness so that the extreme of concentration camps never would have come into existence.
Never before in the history of mankind was a killing machine developed for the purpose of eradicating a whole group of people. We must pray for the strength to follow endeavors that help people and do good and reverence for their entire lifetime. Ultimately, then mankind can recover from the destruction of the war.
Cheryl Freier is the author of five novels which expound on the Holocaust. Her fifth novel, entitled Echoes Resounding From the Past will be available to the public in a week or so.

On This Anniversary Of the Liberation Of Auschwitz, We Must Think About The World At War During World War II and About Auschwitz: The two Ideas Are Inseparable
Cheryl Freier, writer
At the end of the month of January, there will be a dedication for the remembrance of the liberation of interred prisoners from the Auschwitz Camp that was located in Poland. Much has been written about the history of World War II and no doubt in the many generations to come, more will be written on the major battles, and about the most illustrious and remembered generals like General Patton, and General Dwight Eisenhower, and General McArthur, thankfully. More will be written on Hitler and his band of generals who challenged the world to a duel for freedom and nearly won.
Recently I read an article on the Yahoo website that an archeologist was now delving into the logistics issues in several of the countries where the war took place. Investigations were being made in the woods and country sides of these countries to find remnants of WWII; the archeologists were searching for man-made dug-out craters which proved that fighting took place in this area, and they were searching for remnants of supply depots and other proofs that fighting between armies took place in the area. Their search for information on the ground was fueled by a desire of these archeologists to analyze the terrain for reasons for the loss or the gain from the battle. Actually, this idea is quite sophisticated and novel in nature in that archeologist, accordingly have always been known to dig up artifacts of civilizations that existed hundreds and thousands of years ago.
With all that is written about the topic in historical annals and with all that is analyzed for competency, and brilliance, and strategic mistakes, we must remember the central part of the issue—-the heart of the matter is how the Nazi occupation affected the average man and woman and their families. We must think about the other form of destruction not only the destruction of property. We must think about how every person living under the occupation had to assume an entirely different persona and the destruction of the individual. The war bred hate amongst people. The war caused numerable ways of suffering besides the destruction of soldiers dying on the battlefields. The concept of peace was destroyed and if the war had not been brilliantly won, the peace of the world would have been destroyed for all of these 70 years.
But let us talk about another damage that is very rarely discussed. The war showed people that there was a beast within some of us that if unbridled would unleash the power over life and death. This brings us to the heart of the matter of the destruction of our psyche for hundreds and hundreds of years to come. The war showed all people that one man could shout hate and all would follow and shout hate. The war showed us that one man could command armies of soldiers for his own aggrandizement. The war showed us that some of us were capable of imprisoning innocent people and killing them.
The lesson of the war and the lesson of the extermination camps is one lesson in the same. It shows that we must resist temptation to do wrong. It shows that we must become believers in ourselves and in our goodness and prompt those programs that assist us with this peaceful way of thinking. We must have reverence for another human being even if we do not like them. The lessons of Auschwitz will go down in history as the failure of man to have within himself enough sense of righteousness so that the extreme of concentration camps never would have come into existence.
Never before in the history of mankind was a killing machine developed for the purpose of eradicating a whole group of people. We must pray for the strength to follow endeavors that help people and do good and reverence for their entire lifetime. Ultimately, then mankind can recover from the destruction of the war.
Cheryl Freier is the author of five novels which expound on the Holocaust. Her fifth novel, entitled Echoes Resounding From the Past will be available to the public in a week or so.

If there is one thing that this current conflict and situation in Gaza will show us, it is that if you live side-by-side with insurgents, then innocent people will be killed. The other lesson that we learn from the present Gaza confrontation is that the insurgents are there to fight, to take over whatever they can—people or property, arms, buildings, so that they can declare a victory for themselves and grow bigger as a fighting force.
The insurgents have twisted the concept of the word, truth. The concept of wrong is their guiding form of truth. And in this contemporary era of mass communication and more accurate weaponry, the insurgents bask in the blow and glow of media presentations; it heightens their hype about themselves and enlightens their visions of themselves when they look closely in their mirrors.
I feel sorry for the innocent people who have died and, of course, for the children who now have to view their world as a bloody one. It is a wrong start in life. I pray for a solution. I often think that part of the solution would be an influx of psychiatrists and neutral clergymen into the area. For an example of a country that has overcome its terrorists and is thriving in peace with truth in this modern world, you might wish to study how the Japanese transitioned from warlike insolence to peaceful community congeniality. Please note that it is said that a police officer lives on every street in Japan—-maybe this is the solution.
Cheryl Freier is the author of The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems and The Wild Grasses Hidden Truth Poems.

We do not know nor will we ever find out in all likelihood why the river ran red in China? Thousands of years ago G-d promised the prophet Moses that if the King of Egypt did not allow the Israelites to leave, then the river would run red, and it happened. For faith in God and for renewed inspiration, read author Cheryl Freier’s book: The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems and The Day Of The Hidden Truth Poems.

By some miracle, the tombstone which belongs to the Great Rabbi Low still remains and is intact in a Prague cemetery in Czechoslovakia. This despite the horror of battles and bombings by the Nazis from the air.
Rabbi Low wrote the poem: The Wreaths Of Seven Wells. This is the first stanza (p.273 of A Story Of The Jewish Museum In Prague): The first well-Water of Holiness, summoned by mysterious knowledge, saves from haughty viciousness, protects from worries and illness, heals every wound from painfulness, refreshes men from weariness, from it comes fourfold mightiness. Cheryl Freier is an author/illustrator. She is the author of The Day Of The Hidden Truth Poems: a book which includes poetry written by her husband, Cantor Martin Freier.
We must remember the Great Rabbi and the truths and the good for mankind that he stood for.

There Were Many Killed And There Were Few Survivors By Cheryl Freier, author/illustrator
It is good to note that the story of Anne Frank will be part of another movie production. Her story should be told. There are other stories that should be told too. I wrote the book: The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems in memoriam of my husband, Martin Freier, who as a young boy caught in the throes of the Nazi Holocaust leadership, escaped to the woods near the Carpathian Mountains. Under the direction of their father, Martin and his brothers built an underground bunker. Read this epic novel—written to speak of goodness, and devotion, and never ending faith. See how evil looms around the family. As you read, become the character, Martin Freier, and overcome the fear of dying and fight the evil of the Nazis with wit and determination. Maybe in time Martin Freier’s story of intrigue and faith will be shown in the theatres for all to see and learn about.

Following The Pope’s Ideas
In the recent address to the people that the Pope made, I was very impressed with his statement that persons who do evil harm to others should be excommunicated from the Church. I was very impressed with the Pope’s integrity and hopefully his homily will cause evil doers to desist from these harms.
Cheryl Freier is the author of The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems, which is a novel which tells the story of her husband’s plight in Nazi Slovakia. My husband, who was as a young boy— a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust in Slovakia, often said that if enough people had stood against Hitler in the beginning, there would have been much less hardship and dying during WWII.

On This Memorial Day We Remember

By Cheryl Freier, author of The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems

From the shores of Italy’s coastline to its precious mountains with deep, and magnificent, and scenic mountain paths, to the sandy shores of Normandy, France, while the swoosh of the water goes on continuously with its own force, and will, and speech:  hear the sound of the words being pronounced:  freedom rings out loud and clear as the sounds echo to and fro: sharing that message from mountain top to mountain top and the deep throughout the seas—all over the world.  Shout out the word freedom as others shouted 64 or so years ago, when as soldiers they disembarked from the ships coming near ashore—–ready to fight for freedom, and willing to die for the cause of freedom, and to liberate Europe from the Nazis.

Oh, of prayers and angels standing by our sides as we salute the soldiers who fought for us in wars to preserve our freedom.  On this Memorial Day we remember.  Cheryl Freier is the author of four historical fiction novels.  All books are written in memoriam to her husband, Martin Freier, who was a survivor of the Holocaust.  One of the novels, The Day Of The Hidden Truth Poems  includes poetry that Martin Freier wrote.