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Belgian priest Father Bruno (born Henri Reynders) saved hundreds of Jewish children by hiding them in convents, monasteries, and homes. Flora Mendelowicz (Singer), who was rescued by Father Bruno, shared her lifelong gratitude and affection for him when serving as my guide at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
lyrics
Jack Goldstein boarded the train
To Maaseik, Belgium, northward bound
Under the cloak of Father Bruno
The hide-and-seek that he allowed
Though hiding Jews it was no game now
False IDs, food ration cards
New last names, new religion
With white-robed Jewish boys on guard
Father placed Rachelle Silberman
In Bruges by the North Sea
At the convent of Franciscan sisters
She carried a blue coat she called mon ami
In the steely rows of kneeling stools
The coat it covered cold bare knees
Yet they spoke with light in their eyes
Of “Before the War” —Le Paradis
My parents are coming, my parents are coming
Because of kind Father Reynders
My parents are coming, my parents are here
Because of kind Father Reynders
Flora Mendelowicz of Brussels
Sent by her mother, tended by him
He rode his bike all through the country
Hiding Jewish kids and spinning hymns
Dom dressed the part of several people
His shorn head hidden, a beret he wore
The ration cards fed hundreds of children
Recycled as orphans through convent doors
He had to move Flora again
To Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows where she thrived
Thank you to the sisters and to Father Bruno
The Benedictine who saved the hive
Our guide at the museum now, it’s Flora
She points to his name in the Rescuers’ Hall
She says, “He was a saint if there ever was one”
As she bent and kissed the wall
My parents are coming, my parents are coming
Because of kind Father Reynders
My parents are coming, my parents are here
Because of kind Father Reynders.
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