Talanoa ki he Moʻuí
Falala ki he Tokanga ʻOfa ʻa Sihová
FAKAMATALA FAI ʻE ANNA DENZ TURPIN
“ʻOkú ke ʻeke maʻu pē ‘KO E HĀ HONO ʻUHINGÁ’!” ko e lea loto-māfana ia ʻa ʻeku faʻeé fakataha mo haʻane malimali. ʻI he tuʻunga ko ha taʻahiné, naʻá ku nafuiʻaki ʻeku ongo mātuʻá ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi. Ka naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito tafuluʻi au ʻe heʻeku fineʻeikí mo e tangataʻeikí ʻi heʻeku fieʻilo fakakauleká. ʻI hono kehé, naʻá na akoʻi au ke fakaʻuhinga pea ke fai ʻeku ngaahi fili pē ʻaʻaku makatuʻunga ʻi ha konisēnisi kuo akoʻi ʻe he Tohi Tapú. He fakamoʻoniʻi ē ʻa e mahuʻinga moʻoni ʻa e ako ko iá! ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha ʻi heʻeku taʻu 14, naʻe ʻave fakamālohi ai ʻe he kau Nasí meiate au ʻa ʻeku ongo mātuʻa ʻofeiná, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito te u toe sio kia kinaua.
KO ʻEKU tamaí, ko Oskar Denz, mo ʻeku faʻeé, ko Anna Maria, naʻá na nofo ʻi Lörrach, ko ha kolo Siamane ofi ki he kauʻāfonua Suisalaní. ʻI heʻena kei talavoú, naʻá na longomoʻui ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakapolitikí, pea naʻe ʻiloʻi mo fakaʻapaʻapaʻi kinaua ʻe he kakai ʻo e koló. Ka ʻi he 1922, ʻi he taimi nounou hili ʻa ʻena malí, naʻe liliu ai ʻeku ongo mātuʻá ʻena fakakaukau ki he ngaahi meʻa fakapolitikí pea mo ʻena ngaahi taumuʻa ʻi he moʻuí. Naʻe kamata ako Tohi Tapu ʻa e fineʻeikí mo e Kau Ako Tohi Tapú, hangē ko ia naʻe uiʻaki he taimi ko iá ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, pea naʻá ne fiefia ke ʻiloʻi ko e Puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá te ne ʻomai ʻa e melino ki he māmaní. Naʻe vave ʻa e kau fakataha ʻa e tangataʻeikí mo e fineʻeikí ʻi he akó, pea naʻá na kamata maʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakataha ʻa e Kau Ako Tohi Tapú. Naʻe aʻu ʻo ʻoange ʻe he tangataʻeikí ki he fineʻeikí ha tohi ako Tohi Tapu, The Harp of God, ʻi he Kilisimasi ʻo e taʻu ko iá. ʻI he hoko ko e tama pē ʻe toko tahá, naʻe fāʻeleʻi au ʻi Maʻasi 25, 1923.
He ngaahi manatu ʻofa moʻoni naʻá ku maʻu fekauʻaki mo ʻemau moʻui fakafāmilí—ko ʻemau ʻeveʻeva he taimi māfaná ʻi he Vaotā ʻUliʻuli nongá pea mo e ngaahi lēsoni ʻa e fineʻeikí ki he tauhi ʻapí! ʻOku ou kei sioloto pē kiate ia ʻi heʻene tuʻu ʻi he peitó ʻo akoʻi au ki he feimeʻatokoní. Ko e meʻa mahuʻinga tahá, naʻe akoʻi au ʻe heʻeku ongo mātuʻá ke ʻofa mo falala kia Sihova ko e ʻOtuá.
Naʻe faʻuʻaki ʻemau fakatahaʻangá ʻa e kau malanga tōtōivi ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻe toko 40 nai. Naʻe maʻu ʻe heʻeku ongo mātuʻá ʻa e pōtoʻi makehe ʻi hono ʻai ke maʻu ha ngaahi faingamālie ke lea ai fekauʻaki mo e Puleʻangá. Koeʻuhi ko ʻena ngaahi ngāue fakakolo ki muʻá, naʻá na ongoʻi fiemālie ai ʻi he niʻihi kehé, pea naʻe tali lelei kinaua ʻe he kakaí. ʻI heʻeku taʻu fitú, naʻá ku loto ai mo au foki ke malanga ʻi he matapā ki he matapaá. ʻI hoku ʻuluaki ʻahó, naʻe ʻomai ai ʻe he tokotaha naʻá ku fononga mo iá ha ʻū tohi, tuhu ki he matapaá, peá ne pehē mai pē, “ʻAlu angé ʻo sio pe te nau fiemaʻu eni.” ʻI he 1931, naʻa mau kau ai ki ha fakataha-lahi ʻa e Kau Ako Tohi Tapú ʻi Basel, Suisalani. Naʻe papitaiso ai ʻa ʻeku ongo mātuʻá.
Mei he Maveuveú ki he Pule Kakahá
Naʻe maveuveu lahi ʻa Siamane ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko iá, pea naʻe fepaki ʻi he tuʻunga fakamālohi ʻa e ngaahi faʻahi fakapolitikale kehekehe ʻi he ngaahi halá. ʻI he pō ʻe taha, naʻá ku ʻā ai he kaikaila naʻe ongo mai mei he fale ʻo e kaungāʻapí. Naʻe tāmateʻi ai ʻe ha ongo tamaiki tangata taʻu hongofulu tupu ʻa hona taʻoketé ʻaki ha huo-langa koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai te na loto-tatau mo ʻene ngaahi fakakaukau fakapolitikalé. Naʻe toe fakalalahi mataʻāʻā ʻa e fakafili ki he kau Siú. ʻI he ʻapiakó naʻe pau ai ki he taʻahine ʻe taha ke ne tuʻu tokotaha ʻi he tulikí koeʻuhi pē ko ha Siu ia. Naʻá ku ongoʻi mātuʻaki fakaʻofaʻia ʻiate ia, ʻo ʻikai ʻiloʻi ʻe vave ʻa ʻeku hokosia tonu ʻa e anga ʻo e ongoʻi ʻi hono fakasītuʻaʻí.
ʻI Sanuali 30, 1933, naʻe hoko ai ʻa ʻAtolofi Hitilā ko e minisitā ia ʻo Siamané. Mei he poloka nai ʻe ua hono mamaʻó, naʻa mau mamata ai ʻi hono fusi hake ʻi he ikuna ʻe he kau Nasí ʻa e fuka suasitiká ʻi he holo fakakoló. ʻI he ʻapiakó naʻe akoʻi ai ʻe heʻemau faiako loto-māfaná kimautolu ke lea “Heil Hitler!” Naʻá ku talanoa fekauʻaki mo ia ki he tangataʻeikí he hoʻatā ko iá. Naʻá ne hoko ai ʻo hohaʻa. “ʻOku ʻikai te u saiʻia ai,” ko ʻene leá ia. Ko e “‘Heil’ ʻoku ʻuhingá ko e fakamoʻui. “Kapau te tau pehē ‘Heil Hitler,’ ʻe ʻuhinga iá ʻoku tau tuku ʻa e fakamoʻuí kiate ia kae ʻikai kia Sihova. ʻOku ʻikai te u fakakaukau ʻoku tonu ia, ka te ke fili pē ʻe koe ʻa e meʻa ʻoku totonu ke ke faí.”
Naʻe kamata ke tōʻongafai mai ʻa hoku kaungāakó kiate au ʻo hangē ha taha fakamavaheʻí koeʻuhi naʻá ku fili ke ʻoua ʻe fai ha salute kia Hitilā. Naʻe aʻu ʻo tā au ʻe he tamaiki tangata ʻe niʻihi ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻikai ke sio mai ai ʻa e kau faiakó. Naʻe faifai pē ʻo nau tukunoaʻi au, ka naʻa mo hoku ngaahi kaumeʻá naʻa nau tala mai naʻe tapui ʻe heʻenau tamaí ke ʻoua te nau vaʻinga mo au. Naʻá ku fuʻu fakatuʻutāmaki.
ʻI he māhina ʻe ua hili ʻa e maʻu ʻa e mafaí ʻe he kau Nasi ʻi Siamané, naʻa nau tapui ai ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová ʻi he pehē ko ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki kinautolu ki he Puleʻangá. Ko e kau tau Nasí naʻa nau tāpuni ʻa e ʻōfisi ʻi Magdeburg pea tapui ʻemau ngaahi fakatahá. Ka koeʻuhi naʻa mau nofo ofi ki he kauʻāfonuá, naʻe maʻu mai ai ʻe he tangataʻeikí ʻemau ngaahi ngofua ke kolosi ki Basel, ʻa ia naʻa mau maʻu ai ʻa e ngaahi fakataha Sāpaté. Naʻá ne faʻa pehē naʻá ne fakaʻamu ange ʻe lava ke maʻu ʻe homau fanga tokoua ʻi Siamané ʻa e meʻakai fakalaumālie ko iá ke tokoniʻi kinautolu ke nau fehangahangai ai mo e kahaʻú ʻaki ʻa e loto-toʻa.
Ngaahi ʻEveʻeva Fakatuʻutāmaki
Hili hono tāpuni ʻa e ʻōfisi Magdeburg, ko ha mēmipa ngāue ki muʻa ai ko Julius Riffel, naʻá ne haʻu ki Lörrach, ko hono kolo tupuʻangá, ke fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e ngāue fakamalanga fakapulipulí. Naʻe fokotuʻu ange ai he taimi pē ko iá ʻe he tangataʻeikí te ne tokoni. Naʻá ne fakatangutu au mo e fineʻeikí ʻo fakamatalaʻi mai kuó ne loto-tatau ke tokoni ki hono ʻomai ʻa e ʻū tohi Fakatohitapú mei Suisalani ki Siamane. Naʻá ne pehē ʻe fakatuʻutāmaki lahi pea ʻe lava ke puke ia ʻi ha faʻahinga taimi pē. Naʻe ʻikai te ne loto ke ma ongoʻi ʻoku fakamālohiʻi kimaua ke kau ki ai koeʻuhí ʻe fuʻu fakatuʻutāmaki ia kia kimaua foki. ʻI he taimi pē ko iá, naʻe pehē ange ʻe he fineʻeikí, “ʻOku ou kau mo koe.” Naʻá na fakatou sio mai kiate au, pea naʻá ku pehē ange, “ʻOku ou kau mo kimoua foki!”
Naʻe lālanga ʻe he fineʻeikí ha peesi ʻi he lahi nai ʻo ha makasini Taua Leʻo. Naʻá ne mono ʻa e ʻū tohí ʻi ha foʻi ava ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e pēsí pea lalanga mapuni leva ʻa e kiʻi kató. Naʻá ne ʻai ʻa e fanga kiʻi kato fakapulipuli ʻi he vala ʻo e tangataʻeikí mo e noʻo fano ʻe ua ke tui ʻi loto, ʻa ia naʻe lava ai kiate ia mo au ʻo ʻave ai ʻi he tuʻunga fakapotopoto ha ngaahi tohi tokoni ako Tohi Tapu iiki. ʻI he taimi taki taha naʻa mau lavameʻa ai ʻi hono ʻomai ki ʻapi ʻa ʻemau koloa mahuʻinga fakapulipulí, naʻa mau heʻaki fiefia ʻa ʻemau mānavá pea fai ʻa e ngaahi fakamālō kia Sihova. Naʻa mau fufū ʻa e ʻū tohí ʻi he fata ʻo homau falé.
ʻI he ʻuluaki taimí, naʻe ʻikai ke huʻuhuʻu ʻa e kau Nasí ʻi ha meʻa ʻe taha fekauʻaki mo kimautolu. Naʻe ʻikai foki te nau fakafehuʻi kimautolu pe hua homau ʻapí. Neongo ia, naʻa mau fili ha fika fetuʻutaki ʻa ia te mau ngāueʻaki ke fakatokanga ai ki homau fanga tokoua fakalaumālié telia naʻa ʻi ai ha faingataʻa—ʻa e 4711, ko e hingoa ʻo ha kaloni ʻiloa. Kapau naʻe hoko ʻo fakatuʻutāmaki ke haʻu ki he falé, te mau fakatokanga kia kinautolu—ʻi ha founga ʻo ngāueʻaki ʻa e fika ko iá. Naʻe toe tala ange ʻe he tangataʻeikí kia kinautolu ke nau sio ki ʻolunga ki homau ngaahi matapā sioʻata ʻi he loki talanoá ki muʻa ke nau hū ki falé. Kapau naʻe ava ʻa e matapā sioʻata toʻohemá, naʻe ʻuhinga iá kuo ʻi ai ʻa e meʻa naʻe fehālaaki, pea ʻoku totonu leva ke nau fakamamaʻo.
ʻI he 1936 mo e 1937, naʻe fai ai ʻe he kau Kesitapó ha fuʻu puke tokolahi fau ʻo laku ʻa e laui afe ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoní ki he ngaahi pilīsoné mo e ngaahi kemi fakamamahí, ʻa ia naʻa nau faingataʻaʻia ai ʻi he tōʻongafai anga-kakaha mo anga-fakamamahi tahá. Naʻe kamata ai ʻa e ʻōfisi vaʻa ʻi Bern, Suisalaní, ke tātānaki ha ngaahi līpooti, ʻo kau ai ʻa e ngaahi līpooti ʻa ia naʻe ʻave fakafufū ki tuʻa mei he ngaahi kemí, ki hono faʻu ha tohi naʻe ui ko e Kreuzzug gegen das Christentum (Kaluseti Fakafepakiʻi ʻo e Lotu Faka-Kalisitiané), ki hano fakaeʻa ʻa e ngaahi hia ʻa e kau Nasí. Naʻa mau fakahoko ʻa e ngāue fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo hono ʻave ʻa e ngaahi līpooti fakapulipulí ʻo kolosi ʻi he kauʻāfonuá ki Basel. Kapau naʻe maʻu kimautolu ʻe he kau Nasí fakataha mo e ngaahi pepa taʻefakalao ko iá, naʻe pau ke tuku pilīsone kimautolu he taimi pē ko iá. Naʻá ku tangi ʻi heʻeku lau fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakamamahi naʻe tofanga ai homau fanga tokouá. Neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai te u ongoʻi ilifia. Naʻá ku falala ko Sihova mo ʻeku ongo mātuʻá, ʻa hoku ngaahi kaumeʻa lelei tahá, te nau tokangaʻi au.
Naʻá ku maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni ako mei he ʻapiakó ʻi hoku taʻu 14 pea maʻu ha ngāue fakakalake ʻi ha falekoloa ʻo e ngaahi koloa lalahí. Naʻa mau faʻa fai ʻemau ngaahi fononga fetuʻutaki fakapulipulí ʻi he hoʻatā Tokonakí pe Sāpaté, ʻi he taimi naʻe ʻatā ai ʻa e tangataʻeikí mei he ngāué. ʻI hono fakaʻavalisí, naʻa mau ʻalu ʻi he uike ʻe ua kotoa pē. Naʻa mau hā ʻo hangē pē ko ha toe fāmili ʻoku ʻalu ʻo ʻeveʻeva he fakaʻosinga ʻo e uiké, pea ʻi he meimei taʻu ʻe fā, naʻe ʻikai ke taʻofi pe feinga ke hua kimautolu ʻe he kau kaʻate he kauʻāfonuá—ʻa ia naʻe toki hoko pehē ʻi he ʻaho ʻe taha ʻi Fepueli 1938.
ʻIloʻi!
ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito ngalo ʻiate au ʻa e sio ʻi he mata ʻo ʻeku tamaí ʻi heʻemau aʻu atu ki he feituʻu naʻa mau maʻu mei ai ʻa e ʻū tohí ofi ki Basel ʻo sio ki he fuʻu fokotuʻunga tohi naʻe fakatatali mai ai kia kimautolu. Koeʻuhi naʻe puke ha toe fāmili fetuʻutaki fakapulipuli ʻe taha, naʻe lahi ange ai ʻa e ʻū tohi ke mau ʻavé. ʻI he kauʻāfonuá naʻe siofi huʻuhuʻu ai kimautolu ʻe ha ʻōfisa kasitomu peá ne tuʻutuʻuni ke fai hano hua. ʻI hono maʻu ʻa e ʻū tohí, naʻá ne ʻai ke mau laka ʻi hono fakamanaʻi ʻaki ʻa e meʻafaná ki he ngaahi kā fakapolisi naʻe talitali mai. ʻI heʻemau heka mo e kau ʻōfisá, naʻe kuku ʻe he tangataʻeikí ʻa hoku nimá mo ne fafana mai: “ʻOua ʻe hoko ko ha tokotaha lavakí. ʻOua naʻá ke tala ha taha!” “Heʻikai te u fai ia,” ko ʻeku fakapapauʻi ange ia kiate iá. ʻI heʻemau aʻu ki Lörrach, naʻa nau ʻave ʻeku tamai ʻofeiná. Naʻá ku sio fakaʻosi ai kiate ia ʻi he mapuni ʻa e matapā ʻo e pilīsoné.
Naʻe fakaʻekeʻeke au ʻe he kau tangata Kesitapó ʻo feʻunga mo e houa ʻe fā, ʻi hono kounaʻi au ke tala ange kia kinautolu ʻa e ngaahi hingoa mo e ngaahi tuʻasila ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni kehé. ʻI heʻeku fakafisí, naʻe hoko ai ʻo tōlili ʻa e ʻōfisa ʻe taha ʻo ne fakamanamana, “ʻOku ʻi ai ʻemau ngaahi founga kehe ke ʻai ai koe ke ke lea!” Naʻe ʻikai te u tala ha meʻa ʻe taha. Naʻa nau fakafoki leva au mo e fineʻeikí ki homau falé, ʻa ia naʻa nau hua ia ʻi he ʻuluaki taimí. Naʻa nau ʻave ʻa e fineʻeikí ʻo tauhi fakalao pea ʻave au ki he ʻapi ʻo e tokoua ʻo ʻeku faʻeé ʻo ʻoange ki he tokoua ʻo ʻeku faʻeé ke ne tauhi fakalao au, ʻi he ʻikai ʻiloʻi ko ha Fakamoʻoni mo ia foki. Neongo naʻe fakaʻatā ke u ʻalu ki he ngāué, naʻe tangutu ʻi ha kā naʻe tau ʻi muʻa ʻi he falé ʻa e kau tangata Kesitapó ke siofi ʻa ʻeku ngaʻunu kotoa pē lolotonga ia naʻe siofi ʻe ha polisi ʻa e hala ʻaluʻangá.
ʻI ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi ki mui ai ʻi he taimi kai hoʻataá, naʻá ku hū ai ki tuʻa ʻi he falé ʻo sio ki ha kiʻi tokoua ʻokú ne heka ʻi ha pasikala ʻo hangatonu mai kiate au. ʻI heʻene fakaofiofi maí, naʻe lava ke u sio atu ki heʻene lī mai ha lauʻipepa kiate au. ʻI heʻeku maʻu iá, naʻá ku tafoki hake ke sio pe naʻe ʻilo mai ʻe he kau Kesitapó ʻa e meʻa naʻá ku faí. ʻI heʻeku ʻohovalé, ʻi he mōmeniti tofu pē ko iá, naʻa nau foʻofoʻohake ʻi he kakatá!
Ko e nouti ʻa e tokouá naʻe fakahaaʻi mai ai ke u ʻalu ki he ʻapi ʻo ʻene ongo mātuʻá ʻi he taimi hoʻataá. Ka ʻi hono siofi au ʻe he kau Kesitapó, ʻe lava fēfē ke u fakaeʻa ha tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ki heʻene ongo mātuʻá? Naʻá ku sio ki he kau fakafofonga Kesitapo ʻe toko faá pea sio leva ki he polisí ʻi heʻene lue fefokiʻaki he halá. Naʻe ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa ke faí, pea naʻá ku lotu tōtōivi ki he tokoni ʻa Sihová. Fakafokifā pē, naʻe lue atu ʻa e polisí ki he kā Kesitapó ʻo lea ki he kau tangatá. Naʻá ne heka leva ki heʻenau kaá, pea nau mavahe!
ʻI he taimi pē ko iá, naʻe lue mai ai ʻi he tuliki falé ʻa e tokoua ʻo ʻeku faʻeé. Naʻe ʻosi mahili mei he taimi hoʻataá. Naʻá ne lau ʻa e noutí peá ne fakakaukau ʻoku totonu ke ma ʻalu ki he ʻapí ʻo hangē ko ia ko e meʻa naʻe fakahinohino maí, ʻi he fakamahalo naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e fanga tokouá ke ʻave au ki Suisalani. ʻI heʻema aʻu atú, naʻe fakafeʻiloaki au ʻe he fāmilí ki ha tangata naʻe ʻikai te u ʻiloʻi, ko Heinrich Reiff. Naʻá ne tala mai naʻá ne fiefia ʻi heʻeku hao ʻo mavahe angé pea kuó ne haʻu ke tokoniʻi au ke u hola ki Suisalani. Naʻá ne ʻomai kiate au ha haafe houa ke fetaulaki ai mo ia ʻi ha feituʻu vao.
Moʻui ʻi he Mavahé
Naʻá ku fetaulaki mo Tokoua Reiff fakataha mo e lele hifo ʻa e loʻimatá ʻi hoku matá, ʻi he loto-mamahi lahi ʻi he fakakaukau atu ki hono liʻaki ʻa ʻeku ongo mātuʻá. Naʻe mātuʻaki hoko vave kotoa ia. Hili ha ngaahi mōmeniti ʻo e loto-hohaʻá, naʻa mau feohi ai mo ha kulupu ʻo e kau folau ʻeveʻeva pea mau kolosi ai ʻo hao ʻi he kauʻāfonua Suisalaní.
ʻI heʻeku tūʻuta ʻi he ʻōfisi vaʻa ʻi Bern, naʻá ku ʻiloʻi ai naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻe he fanga tokoua ʻi aí ʻa ʻeku holá. Naʻa nau ʻomai ʻi he anga-lelei ha feituʻu ke u nofo ai. Naʻá ku ngāue ʻi he peitó, ʻa ia naʻá ku fiefia lahi ai. Ka he faingataʻa moʻoni ē ke nofo mavahe, ʻo ʻikai ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa ʻe hoko ki heʻeku ongo mātuʻá, ʻa ia naʻe tauteaʻi fakatouʻosi kinaua ki he ngāue pōpula taʻu ʻe ua! ʻI he taimi ʻe niʻihi, naʻe lōmekina ai au ʻe he mamahí mo e loto-hohaʻá, pea naʻá ku lokaʻi au ʻi he fale kaukaú ʻo tangi ai. Ka naʻá ku malava ke fetuʻutaki tuʻumaʻu mo ʻeku ongo mātuʻá, pea naʻá na fakalototoʻaʻi au ke u mateaki ai pē.
ʻI hono ueʻi ʻe he faʻifaʻitakiʻanga ʻo e tui ʻa ʻeku ongo mātuʻá, naʻá ku fakatapui ʻa ʻeku moʻuí kia Sihova pea papitaiso ʻi Siulai 25, 1938. Hili ha taʻu ʻe taha ʻi Pēteli, naʻá ku ʻalu ai ʻo ngāue ʻi Chanélaz, ko ha faama naʻe fakatau ʻe he vaʻa Suisalaní ke tokonaki mai ai ʻa e meʻakai ki he fāmili Pētelí pea ke nofo ai ʻa e fanga tokoua naʻe hola mei he fakatangá.
ʻI he ʻosi ʻa e tautea nofo pōpula ʻa ʻeku ongo mātuʻá ʻi he 1940, naʻe tuʻuaki ange ʻe he kau Nasí ke fakatauʻatāinaʻi kinaua kapau te na liʻaki ʻa ʻena tuí. Naʻá na pikimaʻu pea naʻe ʻave leva ai kinaua ki he ongo kemi fakamamahi, ko e tangataʻeikí ki Dachau pea ko e fineʻeikí ki Ravensbrück. ʻI he taimi momoko ʻo e 1941, naʻe fakafisi ai ʻeku faʻeé mo e Kau Fakamoʻoni fefine kehe ʻi he kemí ke fai ʻa e ngāue maʻá e kau taú. ʻI hono tauteá, naʻe ʻai ai ke nau tuʻu ʻi he momokó ʻo feʻunga mo e ʻaho ʻe 3 mo e pō ʻe 3, hili iá naʻe lokaʻi kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi loki pilīsone fakapoʻuli pea ʻai ki he vahe siʻisiʻi ʻo e meʻakaí ke nau fiekaia ʻo feʻunga mo e ʻaho ʻe 40. Hili iá naʻe haha kinautolu. Naʻe mate ʻa e fineʻeikí ʻi Sanuali 31, 1942, ʻi he uike ʻe tolu hili hano haha anga-fakamanu ia.
Naʻe ʻave ʻa e tangataʻeikí mei Dachau ki Mauthausen ʻi ʻAositulia. ʻI he kemi ko ení naʻe fakapoongi ai ʻi ha fokotuʻutuʻu ʻe he kau Nasí ʻa e kau pōpulá fakafou ʻi hano fakaʻaukaiʻi kinautolu pea mo e ngāue leipa fakaesino fakafeʻātungia. Ka ʻi he māhina ʻe ono hili ʻa e mate ʻa e fineʻeikí, naʻe tāmateʻi ai ʻe he kau Nasí ʻa ʻeku tamaí ʻi ha founga kehe—ko e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi fakafaitoʻo. Naʻe ʻai ʻosi fakakaukauʻi ʻe he kau toketā ʻi he kemí ke puke ʻa e kau pōpulá ʻi he tīpií ʻi ha ʻahiʻahiʻi fakafaitoʻo. Hili iá, naʻe fai ha huhu fakatupu mate ki he mafu ʻo e kau pōpulá. ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻi he lēkooti fakaʻofisialé naʻe mate ʻa e tangataʻeikí ʻi “ha vaivai ʻa e uoua ʻo e mafú.” Naʻá ne taʻu 43. Naʻá ku toki ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fakapō anga-fakamanú ʻi ha ngaahi māhina ki mui ai. Ko e manatu ki heʻeku ongo mātuʻa ʻofeiná ʻokú ne kei ʻomai ʻa e loʻimata ki hoku matá. Neongo ia, ʻi he taimi ko iá pea pehē ki he taimí ni, ʻoku ou fiemālie ʻi he ʻiloʻi ko e fineʻeikí mo e tangataʻeikí, ʻa ia naʻá na maʻu ʻa e ʻamanaki ʻo e moʻui fakahēvaní, ʻokú na malu ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo Sihová.
Hili ʻa e Tau II ʻa Māmaní, naʻá ku maʻu ai ʻa e monū ko e kau ki he kalasi hono 11 ʻa e Akoʻanga Tohi Tapu Taua Leʻo ko Kiliatí ʻi Niu ʻIoke. Ko ha fiefia ē ke nōfoʻi ʻi ha ako ʻo e Tohi Tapú feʻunga mo e māhina ʻe nima! ʻI he maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni ako ʻi he 1948, naʻe ʻave ai au ki Suisalani ke ngāue ai ko ha misinale. ʻIkai fuoloa mei ai, naʻá ku fetaulaki ai mo James L. Turpin, ko ha tokoua faitōnunga ʻa ia naʻe maʻu tohi fakamoʻoni ako mei he kalasi hono nima ʻa Kiliatí. ʻI hono ʻuluaki fokotuʻu ʻa e ʻōfisi vaʻa ʻi Toaké, naʻá ne ngāue ai ko ha ʻovasia. Naʻá ma mali ʻi Maʻasi 1951, pea ʻikai fuoloa mei ai naʻá ma ʻiloʻi ai te ma hoko ko e ongo mātuʻa tauhi fānau! Naʻá ma hiki ki he ʻIunaite Seteté pea talitali lelei mai ai ki he māmaní ʻa ʻema pēpē fefine, ko Marlene, ʻi Tīsema ʻo e taʻu ko iá.
ʻI he kotoa ʻo e ngaahi taʻú, kuo maʻu ai ʻe Jim mo au ʻa e fiefia lahi ʻi heʻema ngāue ki he Puleʻangá. ʻOku ou manatu ʻofa ki he tokotaha ako Tohi Tapu ʻe taha, ko ha finemui Siaina ko Penny, ʻa ia naʻá ne manako pē ke ako ʻa e Tohi Tapú. Naʻá ne papitaiso pea mali ki mui mo Guy Pierce, ʻa ia ʻoku ngāue he taimí ni ʻi he Kulupu Pule ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová. Ko e faʻahinga ʻofeina pehē kuo nau tokoniʻi au ke feau ʻa e ongoʻi taʻelata naʻe fakatupunga ʻe he mole ʻa ʻeku ongo mātuʻá.
ʻI he konga ki muʻa ʻo e 2004, naʻe langa ai ʻe he fanga tokoua ʻi Lörrach, ʻa e kolo tupuʻanga ʻo ʻeku ongo mātuʻá, ha Fale Fakatahaʻanga foʻou ʻi he Hala Stich. ʻI hono ʻiloʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, naʻe fili ai ʻa e kosilio ʻo e koló ke toe fakahingoa ʻa e halá ko e Denzstraße (Hala Denz) ʻi hono fakalāngilangiʻi ʻa ʻeku ongo mātuʻá. Ko e nusipepa fakakoló, ʻa e Badische Zeitung, ʻi lalo ʻi he ʻuluʻi-kaveinga ko e “ʻI he Fakamanatu ʻo e Ongo Meʻa Denz Naʻe Fakapoongí: Hingoa Foʻou ʻo e Halá,” naʻe fakamatala ai ko ʻeku ongo mātuʻá “naʻe fakapoongi kinaua ʻi ha kemi fakamamahi lolotonga ʻa e Pule Hono Tolú koeʻuhi ko ʻena tuí.” Kiate au, ko e ngāue ko ia ʻa e kosilio fakakoló ko ha meʻa taʻeʻamanekina kae fakalotomāfana ʻaupito ia ʻo e ngaahi tuʻungá.
Naʻe faʻa leaʻaki ʻe he tangataʻeikí ʻoku totonu ke mau palani ki muʻa ʻo hangē ʻe ʻikai ke hoko mai ʻa ʻĀmaketone ʻi he taimi ʻo ʻemau moʻuí kae tataki ʻemau moʻuí ʻo hangē ʻe hoko mai ia ʻapongipongí—ko e faleʻi mahuʻinga ia naʻá ku feinga maʻu pē ke ngāueʻaki. Ko hono ʻai ke mafamafatatau ʻa e kātakí mo e fakatuʻotuʻa vēkeveké ʻoku ʻikai maʻu pē ke faingofua, tautefito ʻi hono ʻai au ʻe he ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e taʻumotuʻá ke nofo maʻu ʻi ʻapí. Neongo ia, kuo ʻikai ʻaupito te u veiveiua ʻi he talaʻofa ʻa Sihova ki he kotoa ʻo ʻene kau sevāniti faitōnungá: “Falala ki he ʻEiki ʻaki ʻa e kotoa ʻo ho loto, . . . ke ke fakaongo kiate ia ʻi ho hala kotoa pe, pea ʻe fakatonutonu ʻe ia ho ngaahi ʻalunga.”—Palovepi 3:5, 6.
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NGAAHI LEA MAHUʻINGA MEI HE KUOHILÍ
Naʻe ʻaʻahi ha fefine mei ha kolo mamaʻo ki Lörrach ʻi he 1980 tupú. ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe ʻomai ai ʻe he kakai ʻo e koló ʻenau ngaahi ngaʻotoʻota naʻe ʻikai te nau fiemaʻú ki ha feituʻu fakapuleʻanga ʻa ia naʻe lava ke sio ai ʻa e niʻihi kehé ki he ngaahi meʻá pea ʻave ʻa e meʻa naʻa nau fiemaʻú. Naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he fefiné ha puha faʻoʻanga meʻa tuitui ʻo ne ʻave ki ʻapi. Ki mui ai, ʻi he takele ʻo e puhá, naʻá ne ʻilo ai ha ʻū tā ʻo ha kiʻi taʻahine mo e ʻū tohi naʻe fai ʻi ha naunau faitohi ʻi he kemi fakamamahí. Naʻe mahuʻingaʻia lahi ʻa e fefiné ʻi he ʻū tohí peá ne fifili fekauʻaki mo e ʻiloʻanga ʻo e kiʻi taʻahine ʻoku fī hono ʻulú.
ʻI he ʻaho ʻe taha ʻi he 2000, naʻe sio ai ʻa e fefiné ʻi ha kupu he nusipepá fekauʻaki mo ha fakaʻaliʻali fakahisitōlia ʻi Lörrach. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻi he kupú ʻa e hisitōlia ʻo e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi taʻu ʻo e kau Nasí, ʻo kau ai homau fāmilí. Naʻe ʻi ai hoku ʻū tā ʻi heʻeku taʻu hongofulu tupú. ʻI hono fakahoa ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiikí, naʻe fetuʻutaki ai ʻa e fefiné ki he fainusipepá ʻo talanoa kiate ia fekauʻaki mo e ʻū tohí—ko e tohi ʻe 42 fakakātoa! ʻI ha ngaahi uike siʻi ki mui ai, naʻá ku maʻu ai ʻa e ʻū tohí. Naʻe ʻi ai ʻi he tohi-nima ʻa ʻeku ongo mātuʻá ʻena fakaʻekeʻeke hokohoko ki he tokoua ʻo ʻeku faʻeé fekauʻaki mo au. Ko ʻena tokanga ʻofa kiate aú naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke ngata. Ko ha meʻa fakaofo ia ʻa e hao pea toe ʻasi ʻa e ʻū tohí ni hili ia ʻa e taʻu laka hake he 60!
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Naʻe fakamavahevaheʻi homau fāmili fiefiá ʻi he taimi naʻe hoko ai ʻa Hitilā ki he mafaí
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Hitilā: U.S. Army photo
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1. Ko e ʻōfisi Magdeburg
2. Naʻe puke ʻe he kau Kesitapó ʻa e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe laui afe
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Kuo maʻu ʻe Jim mo au ʻa e fiefia lahi ʻi heʻema ngāue ki he Puleʻangá