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Moments of Hope
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Jews, let us be cheerful! It won’t be long, don’t fear— The war will soon be over. Their end is very near. Cheerful, don’t you worry. Don’t go around so sad. Have both hope and patience— Bear things…

Contributor:

Mordecai Gebirtig

Places:

Kraków, General Government (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1940

Subjects:

Holocaust, War, Rebellion, Punishment, Violence

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Popular Poetry
In These Nightmarish Days
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Here you have him, the proud Jew. The Jew who ruled his kingdom with a high hand in complete despotism: here is the Jew who never heeded anyone’s advice, who did everything with his own hand and…

Contributor:

Josef Zelkowicz

Places:

Litzmannstadt, General Government (Lodz, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Children, Death, Rebellion

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage, Literature