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I was a non-Jewish woman during WWII
Memory: The first time I remember having this dream, I was 12 or 13 yrs old. This was before Schindler's List came out in theaters (although when I did see it, I freaked out) and I don't recall seeing anything that would have influenced me to this extent. The dream starts out with someone calling out to me "they are heading this way," and there is no doubt in my mind that "they" means German troops. I know that I am a woman in my late twenties although I feel so much older. As soon as the sighting of troops is confirmed I begin rounding the children up and getting them inside the ramshackle house to hide. These are not mine, but the children of countless Jewish families who have trusted their children's lives in my hands, praying that I may be able to help keep them from the camps. I force them to hide in the concealed rooms behind walls, hoping the troops will overlook the hidden panels, they are frightened so I whisper encouragements to them. Too soon the troops have arrived and the anxiety is overwhelming but I calmly tell them that we have seen nothing unusual in the area and ask to bum a cigarette in hopes of distracting them. Almost as an afterthought the troops begin firing their weapons into the walls and floors,! I stand silently while I know that my young friends are dying. The troops do not even check to see if they have hit anything but continue on their way and I am left to bury the children. Then the dream skips to several other scenes, one of me running down metal stairs to escape a man with a gun, another of sitting in a line against a wall with other women who have black numbers etched into their left arms. But I am positive that I was not Jewish but rather part of some resistance of some form in WW II Germany.
Submitted
by: ANFA,May 20, 2002
anfa_1228@hotmail.com
How
did you come by this memory?
recurring dreams/ nightmares over the span of 10 years or so.
Did you learn anything about yourself
from this experience that has helped you understand yourself better?
Yes
What was your experience?
I felt I was living as this person
