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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 of Mercy
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O God of Mercy Choose— another people. We are tired of death, tired of corpses, We have no more prayers. Choose— another people. We have run out of blood For victims, Our houses have been turned into…

Contributor:

Kadya Molodovsky

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Date:

1945

Subjects:

Theology, Holocaust, Prayer, Death, Jewish identity

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Theology
In Defense of the Natural Response
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When macabre reality gnaws at a person’s soul, it is hard to devote oneself to psychological investigation, even of very pressing subjects. The event also seemed cut off from life, entirely academic…

Contributor:

Szymon Draenger

Places:

Kraków, General Government (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Holocaust, Antisemitism, Ethics, Violence, Death

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, Science & Philosophy, Theology