Remembering World War Ii Poem by Monica Engeler

Do you remember the era of Nazism?
Hitler ruled the German government.
Abuse summed in concentration camps.

It was a time of Storm Troopers.
They destroyed everything in sight,
And Hitler was there leader.

Socialism, Communism were resisted parties,
and then the disrupted meeting in Bavaria,
which announced the start of a revolution.

It was the time when Adolf held his hand fourth
Declaring he was chancellor of Germany.
It broadcasted the end of all democracies known.

One remembers Hitler’s rise of threats in Germany,
and direct orders towards Jews.
Boycott all Jewish stores and banks.

From then on, life for the Jews changed forever.
Restoration stripped them from any civil positions.
Nothing left but early retirement.

Do you recollect the day of burning books?
This act was long forgotten to this day.
Mann, Freud, Einstein all charred to dust.

How can we forget the first concentration camps?
Dachau, Munich, and Bachenwald;
Dachau was by far worst of all.

Anyone political who despised Hitler went there.
Beaten badly for ransom money,
and then maybe set free.

It was a time to cry
a time of fear,
and it was a time to pray for hope.

Remembers President Von Hindenburg’s death?
With this, Hitler became the next Furor.
Thus, and The Reich went into affect.

This was an oath of loyalty to Adolf.
A sacred oath at that,
And the future for life.

Remember The Nuremberg Race Laws?
No relationship for Jews of Aryan women.
This was to protect German blood.

Confusion developed on who was really Jewish.
Then altogether the Nazis outlawed all of them.
Grandparents or not a Jew was Jewish.

Remember the powerful force of The Gestapo?
These policemen controlled Jewish persecution.
Mass murder went into the hundreds of thousands.

And yes the breaking of Versailles Treaty.
German troops took The Rhineland.
Strong protest arrived from Italy and England.

It was the beginning of a great conquest.
The first to arrive was Austria.
And then in time was Czechoslovakia.

Always remember September 1,1939.
As the start of World war 2.
Germany invades Poland.

As time went on, Russia invaded Poland.
Other countries fell victim to the war,
The Baltic’s, Finland, and Denmark.

One remembers that the soldiers attacked by air
And by sea,
So many cities were ruined to nothing.

Recollecting the men, women and children
who lost there homes and so often there lives,
They fled there countries for safety.

Many were taken to concentration camps
Tortured and sent to gas chambers to die,
The Nazis had no forgiveness for life.

It was then the United States entered the war.
They arrived in Italy
Attacking until they reached Rome.

It was then that the Allies invaded France.
They moved swiftly
capturing many bridges by air.

At last the Germans seize of the Rhine River.
The heart of the occupation
It marked an end to World War 2.

But one can not forget
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
both cities destroyed by the first atomic bomb.

Over 140,000 people died in the blast.
It forced Japan to surrender,
and the war finally ended in August 1945.