Anna’s Christmas Hidden Truth Poems, written by Cheryl Freier is available—it is published. “This is the story of a fierce winter in December of 1944 in Slovakia when the country was occupied by the Nazis. This is a story by an organized effort by a Priest and his pastoral community; to bring human kindness and to bring food to people who were starving in the woods”.

As is taken from the words on the cover of the book, Anna’s Christmas Hidden Truth Poems, “This is the story of a fierce winter in December of 1944 in Slovakia when the country was occupied by the Nazis. This is the story of an organized effort by a Priest and his pastoral community to bring human kindness and to bring food to people who were starving in the woods. Anna’s prayers were answered and her family and she were spared from starvation.

They Turned Tragedy into Survival in Nazi Slovakia in 1944
Text taken from the book, page 123: The Grayling Hidden Truth Poems reads: …”They ran at first from the scene of death, never looking back. When they had reached some distance in the woods, they slowed down their pace and walked single file. The trail had guided them along their way through circuitous, but parallel perimeter, inundated with overgrown brush. All three carried somber expressions on their faces. Their eyes, dazed with fright, were aimed straight and sometimes looked up to the sky for guidance…..”