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The Last Days of the Jerusalem of Lithuania: Chronicles from the Vilna Ghetto and the Camps
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I weep, and am amazed. I have seen death so many times and have controlled myself. Have experienced so much torment, disgrace, and humiliation, and…

Contributor:

Herman Kruk

Places:

Vilnius, USSR (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Jewish quarters, Holocaust, Passover, Genocide, Death

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Poetry, Literature
I Have Never Been Here Before
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I always thought I had been here before. Each year of my patched-up life I mended the fabrics of my decrepit, tattered world. In memory I recognized faces and smiles, even my father and mother…

Contributor:

Jacob Glatstein

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Date:

1943

Subjects:

Memory, Parenthood, Holocaust, Mourning

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries