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I wish I could tell you beautiful stories about the artist Lunek Milch.

I wish I could tell you beautiful stories about the scientist Lunek Milch.

I wish I could tell you beautiful stories about Dr. Lunek Milch.

I wish I could tell you beautiful stories about the janitor Lunek Milch.

I wish I could tell you beautiful stories about the policeman Lunek Milch.

I wish I could, but I can’t.

All I can tell you is that Lunek was murdered at the age of three. Not just murdered but discarded like a useless piece of fabric.

He was buried alive during a mass shooting in his hometown of Tłuste, Ukraine. Men, women, and children were forced to strip and stand near a deep, freshly dug hole and were then shot. Infants and toddlers like Lunek were buried alive.

Three years old. No matter how often I see crimes like this, I can’t possibly fathom how anyone could do that.

Sources

https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Podhajce/pod273.html