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Faith’s pathway By KYLIE WILSON
FLICKER OF HOPE:
Robert Hymans holds a candle, demonstrating how he improvised a candle ‘lamp’ from a tiny tin with shiny foil so that he could read at night while in hiding from the Germans in World War II. PHOTO: Mark Stephens
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HE experienced firsthand one of the most oppressive periods in history, but Indigo Valley resident Robert Hymans stands testament to the resilient nature of faith and the human spirit. Now 91, Mr Hymans describes himself as “one of the happy survivors” of the Holocaust and recalls well the dangers of that time. He enjoyed a typical childhood in Holland, but everything changed during Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. Mr Hymans said Hitler was underestimated by many countries at first, with several failing to act against him early in the war. “He knew how to manipulate the people,” Mr Hymans said. “You don’t believe it is going to happen in your own country.” He said his home town of Rotterdam was bombarded, and then invaded by the Germans, who quickly imposed restrictions for Jewish people. “There was no opportunity to flee the country, and it was a time of confusion and no connection,” he recounted, holding the Star of David used to identify people of Jewish background. “There were times when I felt like I was hunted.” Helped by a “daring pastor”, who was risking the death penalty by hiding people, Mr Hymans survived, tucked away in the attic of a Christian family home. continued page |
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