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Song of the Murdered Jewish People
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And thus it came to pass, and this was the beginning . . . Heavens tell me, why? Tell me, why this, O why? What have we done to merit such disgrace? The earth is dumb and…

Contributor:

Yitshak Katzenelson

Places:

Vittel, German Military Administration in Occupied France (Vittel, France)

Date:

1944

Subjects:

Afterlife, Holocaust, Theology, Death, Apostasy

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Theology
God Hid His Face
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All roads led to death, Every road. All winds breathed betrayal, Every wind. In every doorway, vicious dogs barked, In all the doorways. All the waters laughed at us, All the waters. Every night grew…

Contributor:

Reyzl Zychlinsky

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1948

Subjects:

Death, Apocalypse, Jewish identity, Holocaust

Categories:

Literature, Poetry