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alileo galilei in 1964 on our way to australia john srdjan dimitric almost five years old in the front row centre more to come happy day everyone share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in irina dimitric stojic tagged photo 5 comments a tanka poem for the new year 2025 posted on january 17 2025 by irinadim share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in form poetry poetry poetry photography publishing tanka tagged blue sky form poetry happy new year kindness love peace photo poem poetry poetry photography tanka 5 comments red anthurium for valentine s day posted on february 14 2024 by irinadim happy valentine s day for love and friendship here s a haiku for love and friendship anthurium red flowers on valentine s day copyright 2024 irina dimitric australia australian birds bogdan stojic cee s fun foto challenge cinquain clouds dark poetry death dr bogdan stojic flowers forgiveness form poetry free verse garden gratitude growing up in the forties haiku historical memoir history love memoir memories mindful poetry my dad volunteer in wwi nature novel photo photo essay photography photos poem poetry poetry photography publishing quote rhyme spring sunwinks sydney tercetonine visual arts weekly photo challenge wesun wwi wwii share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in uncategorized tagged anthurium friendship haiku love photos valentine s day 5 comments toxic people a senryu posted on january 29 2024 by irinadim senryu haiku japanesepoetry toxic people they will be poisoned by their own toxicity the toxic people share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in haiku irina dimitric stojic poetry poetry photography senryu tagged haiku japanese poetry poem poetry senryu toxic people leave a comment my review of the mosaic of the broken soul by author branka cubrilo posted on january 5 2024 by irinadim the mosaic of the broken soul by branka cubrilo my rating 5 of 5 stars i ve read this book a couple of times in the last ten years and decided now the second time after reading it to leave a review on goodreads i really enjoyed reading it again it is a well written book full of interesting and original metaphors and deep emotions anyone who is going through a stressful time dealing with health issues or any kind of adversity should find solace among the pages of this fine book highly recommended uncategorized share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like loading posted in uncategorized leave a comment the night parade maria s story posted on november 28 2023 by irinadim maria and i have so much in common both born in 1935 both european both came to australia about the same time maria with her husband alfons and their baby daughter in 1963 sasha and i with our five year old son in 1964 both in search of a better future away from troubled europe we met at a gym in 2015 maria joined the gym for her husband s sake i joined it on doctor s orders and sasha came along occasionally the four of us clicked immediately maria told me she liked the serbs a serb saved my father s life she said while we were having a rest at the end of the war it felt good hearing this but there was not much time at the gym to ask her more about it maria and i looked after our ailing husbands the four of us enjoyed meeting for lunch at local eateries or in our homes i wish we had met earlier in life still how grateful i am that we had met at all and just at the right time to support each other when our husbands were living out their final days we both became widows the same year about the same time after two years of grieving i was ready to hear maria s story about her father konstanz is a beautiful german city on lake constance or bodensee in german where the river rhine flows out of the lake on its journey northward through europe the lake is on the border of germany austria and switzerland one of the most beautiful places on earth the year is 1945 the last few days of the second world war dead of night a daring undertaking is about to take place and the mastermind of the operation is paul b born in june 1906 maria s father maria and i missed our fathers during the war mine was a pow in germany after hitler s invasion of yugoslavia on 6 april 1941 while maria s father a military man reached stalingrad with the wehrmacht a few months later the same year he was later transferred to konstanz where he oversaw all the pow camps around lake constance and was away from home most of the time my dad liked the prisoners he admired them maria tells me he admired the way they survived they were of different nationalities mostly russians and serbs he played cards with them and enjoyed the slivovitz the serbs brewed he became their friend they became comrades in arms living through the same misery of war and then in the last few days of the crumbling third reich the unthinkable happened in the utter chaos the nazis tried to establish some kind of order the russians were only 20km away from konstanz paul b got the order to shoot all the prisoners to shoot them all within a week he couldn t do it maria beamed shaking her head he just couldn t do it they were his friends i was a child but i sensed something strange was going on i was all ears it was very quiet in our house that day my parents spoke in very low voices which seemed so weird to me i hid close by so that i could hear them better when my elder sister trudi came home mother and trudi had a long talk i concluded something bad was happening because there were a lot of sighs and tears i heard mum saying tonight your father will take all the prisoners to switzerland your father has received the order to shoot all the prisoners within a week but he can t bring himself to do it so he went straight away to a general he knows personally to ask for advice he was told to get in contact with swiss authorities switzerland was taking in all prisoners and that is what he did he took them all out as soon as it got dark all dressed in their beautiful uniforms they looked splendid in clean uniforms all polished and their faces shining with pride i was only nine and a half years old but i have never forgotten that night maria s eyes glistened with wonder and excitement my sister my brother and i sneaked out of the house in our pyjamas and barefoot dad had told us to stay at home he was concerned about our safety of course but we climbed out quietly through the window so mum wouldn t hear us and we joined the quiet march to freedom the night was warm with a bit of moonshine silent the russians were close by and the people were scared so they stayed indoors no one knew a lifesaving undertaking was taking placed right in front of their houses those who noticed the march thought it was the russian army i have never forgotten that night the whole walk took about thirty minutes across a bridge to schnetztor and over to switzerland it was the most beautiful parade i have ever seen at the border everything was ready to welcome the fugitives the red cross was there and local townsfolk were distributing food and drinks and it was expected the prisoners would rush over the border to safety but the unexpected took place each man stopped in front of my father saluted and shook his hand we saw all that although dad couldn t see us and we could detect tears in our father s eyes which happened on very rare occasions we were so proud of him he managed to get all his men to safety a few hundred of them the next day he turned himself over to the nazis and told them what he had done they turned him over to the russians tears welled up in maria s and my eyes that night he was offered to stay in switzerland but he couldn t accept the offer he knew the nazis would have punished us his family instead he turned himself over to the nazis to protect us to spare us from interrogation next he was in the hands of the russians the russian army had a long train ready for all german prisoners about 20km away from konstanz they were filling the train with prisoners in three weeks they would be taken to russian camps in siberia my father would be in one of the carriages we d never see him again and then about two or three days after my father had been turned over to the russians a handsome tall man in a most beautiful uniform mum said he was a serb asked me where is your papa and i said i don t know then my mother came and gave him all the information i just kept staring at him he looked like a god to me and after all those years whenever i remember him and tell this story i cry this serb as soon as he had found out where my father was hopped on his bicycle to ride 20km to get my father off that train that long train was the longest train to leave germany with hundreds of german soldiers who were never heard of again not a sign of life from any of them no one has ever returned that train disappeared into the night like a phantom dad was saved saved by this handsome man in the most beautiful uniform maria s face was aglow and i understood why she could never forget him the french were already in our town she continued my father was immediately offered a job with the newly established police force but eighteen months later he died in a car crash i hardly knew my father during the war he was away most of the time and then he died so suddenly i m glad i have at least a few photos and i have this most precious memory i am so proud of him he was a good man and handsome too maria s younger sister who lives in germany was recently approached by an italian ex pow wanting to talk to her about her father saying to her your father was a fair man so was the serb officer repaying kindness with kindness both men of great integrity and common decency men who make us feel proud of our humanity and i would like to add that maria s father was more than a fair man he 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