” “Silence "not the meditative one but the one of a great inner strength which takes the shape of a cry" before the gate to Auschwitz, "a genuine insult to man’s intelligence as the materialisation of the falsehood that underlies the Nazi ideology". The meaning of Benedict XVI’s presence at Auschwitz concentration camp lies all in this contrast. This is the opinion of Cristiana Dobner, a discalced Carmelite, who, in a comment for Sir (on old.agensir.it), goes over the highlights of the Pope’s visit. "Before the horror of the Nazi camp states the nun the Pope refuses the way of cultural embellishments and takes the one of plainness, since he understands that all of them would be just escape ways. The silence itself becomes a soundbox for the sufferings of all those who overstepped the deceitful threshold: Benedict does not forget anyone, brings everyone into his cry". God’s silence "remains unfathomable", and for Dobner it is a "proof of radical honesty to admit it; perhaps because he is imbued with respect for human freedom that he should and could react as von Moltke, Lichtenberg, the young of the White Rose and the unknown Germans who helped their persecuted fellow countrymen, risking their lives for it". "A peculiarity of Benedict XVI’s cry is creativity; it means to rely so firmly on this awareness as to be able to face the present and the future and create initiatives aimed not at deleting the horror but at turning it into fertile soil for people. Some people may not like Benedict’s cry she concludes but it broke the rain and burst into the sign of peace, that rainbow that announce God’s presence to man and the recreated relationship. Forever".” “
