Da Dianne Swingel
Isabelle Krol
Dutsen Morris (Ill.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata ta gudanar da hidima da biki ga memba Isabelle Krol, a bikin cika shekaru 50 da zama 'yar kasar Amurka a hukumance. Ta zo Amurka daga Belgium, bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Wannan wani bangare ne na tarihin rayuwarta, wanda Dianne Swingel ta yi hira da shi:
An haifi Isabelle a ranar 4 ga Yuni, 1930 a Dour, Belgium. Ko da yake ba ruwansa a farkon gwamnatin Hitler, Jamus ta mamaye Belgium (kusan mutane miliyan 9) a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1940. An yi yaƙi na kwanaki 18, kuma an tura sojoji cikin ƙaramin aljihu a arewa maso gabashin ƙasar. Sarki Leopold na Uku ya ji tsoron karan sojojin Belgium da aka shafe, har ya mika wuya ga Jamusawa. Wannan dai bai samu karbuwa a wajen ‘yan kasar ba, kuma wasu ‘yan kasar Belgium sun tsere zuwa kasar Ingila, suka kafa gwamnati da sojoji a gudun hijira.
Isabelle (10) tana zaune a babban gida a Dour wanda ya kasance na ƴan'uwan Muir, tare da mahaifiyarta Rose, 'yar'uwarta Henrietta (7), da ɗan'uwan Louis (5). Suna haya ne daga dangin Harmegnie, waɗanda suka gaji gidan, kuma mahaifiyarta ta iya zama a wannan gidan har tsawon shekaru 70 na rayuwarta. Wataƙila an yi amfani da ginin don sojoji a lokacin WWI, saboda akwai sanduna a kan tagogin sama, kuma an ba da tatsuniyoyi game da wata rijiya da aka ɓoye muhimman abubuwa a cikinta ga Jamusawa. Sojojin Jamus ne suka mamaye gidan dangin Rose a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Dour ya kasance kusa da iyakar Faransa, don haka yana da mahimmanci ga Jamusawa. Yana kan hanyar zuwa Ingila, ta hanyar Tekun Arewa.
A cikin shekarun yaƙi, mahaifiyarta tana aikin wanki da tsaftace gidaje; mahaifinta ya kasance a cibiyar tunani a lokacin yaƙin, saboda tsananin baƙin ciki, kuma ya rasu a shekara ta 1946. Ya taɓa yin aiki a ma'adinan kwal. Lokaci ya yi musu wuya sosai, kuma sau da yawa mahaifiyarta ta ɗauki ɗan’uwan su yi aiki da ita, da yake ’yan matan suna makaranta. Abinci da kud’i sun yi k’aranci kuma suna fama da yunwa, amma sun samu abin da za su samu, albarkacin ‘yan uwa da abokan arziki. Akwai wata babbar kawu daga Faransa da ta iya tsallaka iyaka ta yi musu man shanu da kofi, wadda ta boye a bel ɗinta. Lokacin da Isabelle ta je makaranta kowace rana, malamin ya ba ta sandwich mai kyau ta ci; Ita wannan malamar ta yi wa mahaifiyarta irin wannan alherin, a lokacin tana makaranta.
Isabelle ta iya yin wata ɗaya na kowane lokacin rani a lokacin yaƙi a Switzerland, wadda ta kasance ƙasa mai tsaka tsaki. Wannan wani bangare ne na wani shiri da aka yi wa yara matalauta na kasashen da yaki ya daidaita, inda yara ke zama a gidaje masu zaman kansu. Dan uwanta ya iya zama a Sweden, a cikin irin wannan shiri a can. A can aka ciyar da su da kyau, kuma sun sami kiba. 'Yar'uwar ta zauna tare da mahaifiyar. Iyalin sun kuma sami wasu fakitin abinci da kuma tufafi daga Sweden, Switzerland, da Amurka.
Isabelle tana tunawa da ganuwa na sojojin Jamus a kowane lokaci, kuma ana sa ran kowa da kowa zai ba su hadin kai. Za ta iya tunawa da sautin sojojin da ke tafiya a kan titunan dutse, da kuma waƙa. Jamusawa ne suka sanya ido kan ilimi, musamman ba su bari a koyar da wani abu mara kyau game da su. Duk da haka, Isabelle tana da malami wanda ya sami damar shiga cikin wannan bayanan haramtacciyar hanya don rabawa tare da ɗalibai. Akwai ɗan jinƙai, ko da yake, kamar yadda Jamusawa ke da shirin bayan makaranta don ƙananan yara, kuma suna ba da abinci kaɗan.
Kawun nata ya yi aiki da Jamusawa, saboda yana son zama ɗan sanda a garin, wanda ke nufin ƙarin abinci ga danginsa. Akwai wani dan uwan da ya yi aiki a karkashin kasa, aka gano shi, aka kai shi sansanin taro. A garinsu, an kawo ’yan mata Yahudawa uku daga ƙasar Holland zuwa gida kuma an ba su matsayin “’ya’ya,” don haka za su iya zuwa makaranta kuma Jamusawa ba za su ɗauke su ba.
A cikin 1944 Amurkawa suna shiga cikin yankinsu, kuma ta tuna da karar jiragen sama na shawagi, da wasu bama-bamai na hanyoyi. Duk mutanen garin sai da suka je ginshiki domin tsira. A cikin babban gidan da suke zaune, cikin rashin jin daɗi ta tuna da gizo-gizo a ko da yaushe, musamman a cikin ginshiki a lokacin farmaki.
Yayin da Amurkawa ke samun galaba akan Jamusawa, Isabelle ta tuna ganin yadda Amurkawa ke sauka a cikin parachute dinsu. 'Yan matan yankin sun yi riguna daga kayan parachute. An yi gumurzu a kan tituna. Bayan da aka 'yantar da kasar a cikin kaka na 1944, yawancin sojojin Amurka sun kasance a Mons kusa, wanda har yanzu yana da sansanin Amurka a can.
Da aka gama yakin, mutanen da suka tsira daga sansanonin fursunoni, kamar dan uwanta, suka dawo. An dauki kawun nata a matsayin mai hadin gwiwa da Jamusawa, kuma ya kasance a boye tsawon shekara guda. Da aka same shi, sai aka zagaya da shi da sauran wadanda suka hada baki a cikin garin, inda mutane suka rika jifan su, aka daure su.
Belgium ta yi asarar kusan kashi 1 cikin XNUMX na al'ummarta a lokacin yakin, amma tattalin arzikinta bai lalace ba kamar kasashe da yawa. An sami farfadowar tattalin arziƙin cikin sauri, wani ɓangare sakamakon Tsarin Marshal.
Isabelle da Zenon
Isabelle da Zenon [daga Poland] sun hadu a gidan rawa, kuma ya koya mata raye-raye iri-iri kamar waltz, tango, da cha-cha, waɗanda ya koya a sansanin ƴan gudun hijira. Sun yi aure shekara guda, Fasto ya aura, kuma suka zauna tare da mahaifiyar Isabelle. Isabelle ya yi aikin tsaftacewa da nanny, yayin da yake aiki a kamfanin kera fenti, wanda ma'aikatan Isabelle suka mallaka.
Bayan shekaru biyu da aure, sun yanke shawarar barin Belgium, domin babu wata makoma mai yawa ga ma’aikacin da ya ƙaura a wurin. Da farko sun yi la'akari da Jamus, amma sai suka yanke shawarar zuwa Amurka, saboda za a sami ƙarin dama a gare su. Akwai 'yan biza ga Yaren mutanen Poland, amma akwai ƙarin ga waɗanda ke Belgium. Isabelle ta ɗauki aji a cikin ainihin Turancin tattaunawa.
Sabis na Duniya na Coci ne ya dauki nauyinsu kuma sun tashi zuwa Idlewild a New York a ranar 7 ga Afrilu, 1954, tare da $365 kawai, kuma babu lambobin sirri a cikin Amurka. Mista Coolich daga Cocin World Service ya sadu da su a filin jirgin sama kuma aka kai su gidan Misis Jean Beaver, wata dattijo da aka naɗa a Cocin Presbyterian. Ita ce gwauruwar Gilbert Beaver, shugaba a cikin ƙungiyoyin Y kuma shugabar zaman lafiya a duniya. Babban gidansu gonar taron addini ce, kuma tana neman samari ma'aurata da za su taimake ta. Gidan Mrs. Beaver babba ne, mai dakuna 17, akan fili mai girman eka 100. Zenon ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tsaron gida, kuma Isabelle ta taimaka da tsaftacewa. Sadarwar su da Mrs. Beaver ƙayyadadden nau'in Ingilishi ne. Sun zauna da Mrs. Beaver tsawon shekaru takwas.
Misis Beaver tayi tayin sayar musu da kadada 10 akan filaye. Zenon ya gina kyakkyawan farin gida akan kadarorin. Daga karshe suka sayar da gidansu suka koma Mt. Kisko, NY, inda suka yi haya a lokacin da suke gyara wani tsohon gidan gona. Daga nan suka ƙaura zuwa Croton Falls, inda Zenon ya yi aikin ɗan kwangila, ya gama gida, suka ƙaura. Yaran sun bunƙasa a cikin tsarin makarantar Brewster mai kyau. Daga baya Zenon ya sayi wani tsohon gida a cikin ƙasar, don gyarawa da amfani dashi azaman wurin bazara.
Dukansu sun ɗauki aji "Turanci don Haihuwar Ƙasashen waje", sannan suka zama ƴan ƙasar Amurka a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1965.
Isabelle ta zama diacon a cocin Presbyterian, kuma Zenon ya ce zai yi ritaya idan wa'adin ta ya cika. Don haka lokacin da wannan ya faru, sun sayar da gidan da ke New York don riba mai ban sha'awa, sun yi tafiya mai nisa a kudu maso gabashin Amurka, kuma suka sayi wani gida akan gwanjo a Fulton, Ky. Sun zauna a can kusan shekaru takwas. A ƙarshe Zenon ya fara samun wasu matsalolin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, kuma sun yanke shawarar su matsa kusa da 'ya'ya mata Catherine da Rose.
Sun yi aiki tare da wani ɗan kasuwa wanda ya ba da shawarar cewa farashin-hikima, yana iya zama mafi ma'ana don kallon Mt. Morris. Kusan shekara ta 2000 sun sayi gidansu kuma bayan sun sayi coci a garin, an gayyace su su ziyarci Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma suka ci gaba da halarta a wurin. Isabelle ta ji daɗin yadda cocin ta nanata zaman lafiya. Kiran waya masu daɗi da maraba da Bill Powers ya burge ta kuma ta shiga lokacin Ritchey-Martins fastoci ne. Isabelle ta yi aiki a ƙungiyar jagoranci na coci, ta taimaka a wurin gandun daji, kuma ta yi hidima a matsayin diacon.
Zenon yana da ci gaba da matsaloli da haɓakar hauka, kuma ya tafi ya zauna a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Dixon. Ya mutu a shekara ta 2008. Isabelle ta ci gaba da zama a gidan da ke kan titin Lincoln, tare da karenta, Shadow.
- Dianne Swingel memba ce ta Mount Morris Church of the Brothers a Dutsen Morris, Mara lafiya.