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Letter to Anka
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19 August 1943 Today, dear Anka, is the anniversary of your Golgotha, tomorrow the anniversary of your death. A year has passed since I last saw you. You see, Anka, I do not believe in God and never…

Contributor:

Calel Perechodnik

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Death, Jewish quarters, Holocaust, Family, Afterlife

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Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Wills, Testaments & Bequests
Warsaw, Aryan Side
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Where shall I start? My thoughts are in turmoil. There is an overpowering desire burning in me to put in writing as speedily as possible all that has happened to us in these years of war, especially…

Contributor:

Stanislaw Adler

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Community, Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Death, War

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Literature
Non omnis moriar
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“Even if you kill us, we will leave traces,” insists the poet. Poems such as this one affirm the power of humanity even in the midst of atrocities committed by neighbors.

Contributor:

Zuzanna Ginczanka

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Date:

1942

Subjects:

Death, Holocaust, Crime, Memory, Dress

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Memoirs & Diaries