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  • History

    Poor Poles are looking at the Ghetto.Rich Jews are jumping from balconies.Disciplined Germans are keeping order.

  • A true story

    Professor Wilhelm Pfannenstiel, Waffen-SS hygienist, on a gassing at Belzec.Quoted in ‘The Good Old Days’ -…

  • Say nothing…

    No, say nothing. Better silence Now Than mouth shut Then. What’s done Cannot be undone; What’s…

  • Family’s history

    Who were they, these two, whose bloody failure I’ve become? Who made them build castles in…

  • That archeolog is dead, but his bones remain.

                                           wielkiemu PuciowiThey dig them up and then measure each bone, leave no stone unturned, no…

  • Heroes

    Who was a hero then?One who survived On scraps of hoursLeft to him?Or one whose timeWas…

  • Your face

    Cover your face, or elseI’ll lose my headAnd daily die from want of you. Cover your eyes,…

  • Love is…

    My past loves Were all beautiful.Each had in herA potential Of becoming ever More beautiful, Until…

  • Terezin

                            Terezin, winter ’98 I came to see if people are still Strolling in the streets that…

  • For Wanda Wilkomirska

                                                               Wandzie WilkomirskiejHer voice hasn’t changed,Her eyes sparkle as they didWhen we were young andDidn’t much…