atrocities – I Write Her

Shameful

Published on December 9, 2025December 7, 2025 by Susi Bocks12 Comments

Redux

On 2 July 1942, most of the children of Lidice, a small village in what was then Czechoslovakia, were handed over to the Łódź Gestapo office. 81 of the children were transported to the extermination camp at Chełmno 70 kilometers away. There they were gassed to death. This remarkable sculpture of 82 children by Marie Uchytilová commemorates those children attacked from Lidice who died.

disgusting barbarians
bred from power
they were evil tyrants

sacrificing the innocent
the vulnerable
for personal gain

they chose cruelty
and still slept well
while all the rest suffered

how inhumane they were
how so many still are
shameful

Originally posted 4/17/2019 on I Write Her.

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The Things They Can’t Unsee

Published on November 19, 2025November 15, 2025 by Susi Bocks8 Comments

their ivory poached
military grade weapons slaughter and disfigure
collectibles funding armed groups and organized crime
the cycle of violence never ends

they experience brutality in captivity
physical and emotional trauma
while entertaining the crowds
calves endure the harsh breaking rituals

exploitation of their backs
while tourists laugh and pose
breaking them in causing life-long suffering
of chronic pain and distress

encroachment on their territories
their homeland shrinks
crops are damaged
villagers retaliate and more elephants die

matriarchs and males in their prime are killed
all this savagery to make orphans
consciousless humans decimating their social structure
and destroying family bonds

when will these atrocities end?

**NOTE – These two organizations work on conservation efforts to stop the poaching, promote ethical tourism, and protect habitats – Save the Elephants and Wildlife Conservation Network. Please support if you are inclined to do so.