History of Sorts

There is a saying that goes, “If you want to get to know somebody, walk a mile in their shoes.”

These shoes were found in Auschwitz and are on display in the Jewish Museum in London. I don’t know if the actual shoes are on display.  or if it is just a photograph. It doesn’t really matter.

All that matters is that they once belonged to a human being, just like you and me.

A human being needs air to breathe, food to stop hunger, and water, tea, coffee, or any other beverage to quench a thirst.

A human being who needed shoes to protect their feet and keep them dry and warm.

We take all of these things for granted. We don’t even give it a second thought.

However, the human being who owned these shoes was deprived of all those basic daily needs. Even the shoes were taken from him or her when they arrived in Auschwitz.

I do not know if the shoes belonged to a man, woman, or child or if the owner of these shoes survived the hell that was Auschwitz. More than likely, he or she was murdered.

Even if they survived, we would not be able to walk a mile in their shoes because we could not possibly fathom the life they had.

This is just one pair, but there were millions and millions more of them. Millions of miles to be walked, an impossible task, an impossible thought.