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The Little Smuggler
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Over the wall, through holes, and past the guard, Through the wires, ruins, and fences. Plucky, hungry, and determined I sneak through, dart like a cat. At noon, at night, at dawn, In snowstorm…

Contributor:

Henryka Łazowertówna

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Food and drink, Death, Hunger

Categories:

Poetry, Literature
Chronicle of a Single Day
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Bread, bread. The abundance of it dazzles your eyes. In the windows, on the stalls, in hands, in baskets. I won’t be able to hold out if I can’t grab a bite or bread-stuff. “Grab? You don’t look…

Contributor:

Leyb Goldin

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1941

Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Food and drink, Life cycle, Death

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Literature
I Speak to You Openly, My Child
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(Short Poems in Prose)

Contributor:

Yosef Kirman

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Parenthood, Christian-Jewish relations, Food and drink, Animals

Categories:

Poetry, Literature