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Ubusika ka-1944 eJalimane.

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Abantu abaningi eceleni kweRhine
bacabanga ukuthi impi yayisondela ekupheleni.

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Yingakho umbhakeli omkhulu uVincken waleza nomndeni wakhe
owayephukile, umkakhe kanye nendodana yakhe eneminyaka

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eyishumi nambili uFritz, ukuze bahlale eduze kwakhe ehlathini
laseHürtgen, lapho abizelwa khona ukubhaka isinkwa seWehrmacht.

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Ngemva kokushayela ebusuku amahora amaningi,
wabathatha bobabili wahamba nabo nge-Kübelwagen waya

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ebharakini elingenalutho elifihlwe endaweni evulekile.

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Kodwa umngcele waphambili waqina.
NgoDisemba, kwaba ngisho nokuhlasela okuphikisayo.

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Kubangelwa yikuthi bekugcwele kakhulu
iqhwa, bobabili bahlala endlini encane.

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Nokho, kwaba nzima kakhulu kuyise ukondla umndeni wakhe.

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Ngakho-ke kwafika ubusuku bokugubha uKhisimusi ka-1944.

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Indodana yakhe uFritz kamuva yabhala phansi konke okwenzekile:

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Sizwe umsindo odabukisayo wezindiza zempi ze-Allied usuku lonke.

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Bekubanda kakhulu. Umama walungisa isobho lenkukhu
eduze kwesitovu ekukhanyeni okuncane kwekhandlela.

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Ubaba wayephumile ehlela izinto.

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Ngokuzumayo, kwavunguza umnyango.

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Ngamangala, ngashwabana ngabona
uMama ephuruzela ecisha amakhandlela.

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Kwaphinde kwaba nokushaya
emnyango. Saba nesibindi savula umnyango.

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Ngaphandle kwakukhona amadoda amabili egqoke izigqoko zensimbi.

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Omunye wakhuluma ngolimi lwangaphandle
wakhomba umuntu wesithathu olele eqhweni.

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Sasiqaphele: laba bantu bangamasosha aseMelika.

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Umama wema enganyakazi eduze kwami.

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Babephethe izikhali futhi babengangena
ngenkani, kodwa bamile lapho babuza ngamehlo abo.

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Indoda ehlezi eqhweni yayibonakala ife kakhulu kunokuba iphile.

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"Ngenani," kusho uMama ngesibonakaliso sokwamukela.

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Omunye wabo wakwazi ukuxoxa nomama wami ngesiFulentshi.

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Umama wanakekela indoda elimele.

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Bebehlezi eduze kwesitovu, ubanda babashiya.

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Umoya wami waphinde wakhuphuka.

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Labo abathathu babephaphathe, baphulukene neyunithi
yabo futhi sebejikeleza ehlathini izinsuku eziningi.

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Umama wangiyalela: "Hamba ulethe ezinye izambane eziyisithupha."

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Ushise ikhandlela lesibili wabe esesika
amazambane ahlanzwe kodwa angakhuhliwe esobho.

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Ukukhipha isikhumba kwabo bekuyoba ukuchitha ngaleso sikhathi.

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Indoda elimele yayiphahlaza kakhulu
igazi futhi yayilele inganyakazi, ithule.

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Isobho likamama lakhupha iphunga elimema.

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Bengisanda ukulungisa itafula
lapho kwaphinde kwavunguza emnyango.

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Bengilindele amaMelika abaningi abasakazekile
futhi ngavula umnyango ngaphandle kokungabaza.

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Babeyizinsali, amadoda amane, futhi
bonke babephethe izikhali ngokugcwele.

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Bengijwayele ingubo yabo yomkhosi.
Babengamasosha ethu aseWehrmacht.

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Ngaboshwa ukwesaba. Ingabe lokhu kwakuyisiphetho sethu?

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Umama waphuma. Izwi lakhe elithule langiqinisekisa kancane.

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"Uletha ubanda obukhali nawe,
ungathanda ukudla nathi?" waphuthuma ukusho.

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Ngaleyo ndlela, wayeshaye inothi elifanele.

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Amasosha abamukela ngokufudumele futhi babonakala bejabule
ngokuthola abantu bezwe labo ngobusuku bokuzalwa kukaKristu

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endaweni yomngcele yase-Ardennes phakathi kwezindawo zokulwa.

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"Singazifudumeza kancane?" kubuza isosha eliphezulu, uSajini.

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Mhlawumbe singahlala kuze kube kusasa?

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"Impela," kuphendula umama
ngokufudumele, wabe esengeza ngokuzethemba:

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Kukhona abantu abathathu lapha
asebebandayo ngokuphelele futhi badinga ukufudumala.

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Ngiyacela ungadali noma yiziphi
izinkinga ngobusuku bokugubha uKhisimusi!

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USajini waqonda. Wacela ukwazi: "AmaYanki?"

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Umama wabheka ngamunye wabo wathi kancane:

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Ningaba amadodana ami, kanye nalabo abangaphakathi.

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Omunye ulimele, hhayi ngendlela enhle.

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Abanye balambile futhi bakhathele njengawe.

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Wabe esethi ku-sajini, "Kusihlwa
seKhisimusi, akusoze kube nokudubula lapha!"

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Wambuka yena. Imizuzwana emibili noma
emithathu engapheli; kodwa uMama wathi ngokuqinile:

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Beka izibhamu zakho phezu kwenkuni bese ungene ngaphakathi!

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"Yenza njengoba ekushoyo," kugcwele umsajini.

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Ngaphandle kokukhuluma, babeka izikhali zabo
eshedini lapho sasigcina khona izinkuni zethu:

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amakharibhayini amathathu, izibhamu ezimbili,
umshini wokudubula olula kanye namabazooka amabili.

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Isitha asizange sihlale sifihlekile kubantu baseMelika.

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Ngenxa yokuzimisela okukhulu, babe sezilungele ukulwa.

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Lapho wonke umuntu esegumbini
elincane, babonakala bengazi ukuthi benzeni.

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Kodwa uMama wayejabule kakhulu.
Ehleka, wathola izihlalo kubo bonke.

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Sasinamakhulula amathathu, kodwa umbhede kamama wawumkhulu.

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Bahlala bethule – kwakukhona ukungezwani emoyeni.

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Umama waqala ukupheka futhi.

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Indoda elimele yakhononda ngomsindo
omkhulu. Omunye wamaJalimane wagoba phezu kwakhe.

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"Ingabe ungumpharamidiki?" kubuza uMama.

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Waphendula wathi, "Cha, kodwa ngangifunda izokwelapha
eHeidelberg kuze kube izinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule."

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Wabe esechazela amaMelika ngesiNgisi:
"Isilonda asithathelwanga ngenxa yokubanda."

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Kodwa ulahlekelwe yigazi futhi
udinga ukuphumula nokudla okunomsoco.

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Manje ingcindezi yehlile.

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Isajini wathatha ibhodlela lewayini ebomvu esikhwameni sakhe
sesinkwa, kanti omunye wabeka ilofu yesinkwa se-commissary

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(isinkwa esihlala isikhathi eside esinikezwa amasosha) etafuleni.

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Umama wacheka isinkwa. Waphonsa
iwayini encupheni: "Kumuntu ogulayo!"

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Okunye kwahlukaniswa.

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Manje konke sekulungele isidlo seKhisimusi.

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Amakhandlela amabili ayehlabela etafuleni.

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Ekhanda kwetafula, uMama wahlala
esihlalweni esenziwe ngokungahleliwe.

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Endlini yethu kwakungeyona imikhuba
ukuthandaza ngokuzwakalayo ngaphambi kokudla.

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Kodwa manje konke kwakuhlukile. Kwakukhona umoya wokugubha.

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Akekho ongake acabange ukungena ekudleni ngaphandle kokulibazisa.

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Sibambe izandla zomunye nomunye, uMama wakhuluma
ngobuqotho obuthinta inhliziyo, sengathi umemezela uKhisimusi:

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Woza, Nkosi uJesu, ube isivakashi sethu…

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Waphothula ngala mazwi: "...futhi
ngiyacela, ekugcineni niyeke le mpi!"

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Ngesikhathi ngibuka wonke umjikelezo, ngabona
izinyembezi emehlweni amasosha. Futhi akekho owayehlazekile.

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Ekugcineni, saenda ukulala. Ngithole indawo embhedeni kaMama.

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Ngemva kokudla kwasekuseni okuncane, usajini
wakhombisa amaMelika indlela eya emigqeni yamaMelika.

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Ikhomphasi yaseJalimane yashintshwa izandla.

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Qaphela lapho uhamba khona. Izinhlelo eziningi zigcwele izingozi.

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Uma uzwa amaJabos akho (izindiza zempi ezidubulayo
nezibhubhisayo), wawaqhwaza ngesandla ngokushesha okukhulu.

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Udokotela waphendulela ngesiNgisi. Bese bazihlomisa futhi.

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Wonke umuntu wamanga omunye nomunye
ngenjabulo; bathembise ukuhlangana futhi:

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Njengokushesha nje kulwa kwesihlaba kuyaphela!

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NgoJanuwari 1996, ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu
kwengu-50, uFritz Vincken wahlangana futhi namaMelika.

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Omunye wabo wayesenayo ikhampasi
yeWehrmacht yaseJalimane, ayizange ayilahle.