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He was the last. Truly the last.
Such yellowness was bitter and blinding
Like the sun’s tear shattered on stone.
That was his true color.
And how easily he climbed, and how high.
Certainly, climbing…
Contributor:
Pavel Friedman
Places:
Terezin, Czechoslovakia (Terezin, Czech Republic)
Date:
1942
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(Genesis 4:8)
for D. G., my uncle
Abel, brother, yesterday the primal crime awoke me:
I had murdered your snow-white dreams and damned I was urging myself
endlessly on down the night-darkening…
Contributor:
Miklós Radnóti
Places:
Liberec, Czechoslovakia (Liberec, Czech Republic)
Date:
1928
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Dense crowds proceed at dawn
Through Theresienstadt’s still empty streets
Five abreast curving around corners into squares.
The beast checks if anybody has stumbled.
Today God’s chosen people are…
Contributor:
Else Dormitzer
Places:
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia (Theresienstadt concentration camp and ghetto, Czech Republic)
Date:
1943
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Our God is one. You are my God: Hallelujah!
Who created me, body and soul: Hallelujah!
You created Heaven and earth: Hallelujah!
We will praise You forever: Hallelujah!
You…
Contributor:
Rebecca Tiktiner
Places:
Tykocin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Tykocin, Poland)
Prague, Czech Republic
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century