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The Butterfly
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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

Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Animals, Mourning, Ecology

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries
Census
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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

Subjects:

Holocaust, Theology, Violence, Jewish quarters, Death

Categories:

Poetry, Literature