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The slow and green river that winds throughthe blanched street of the Jewish Quarterkept watch over your agony.From my old tableI used to see himapproach your windows withrestless eyes. And as he…
Contributor:
César Tiempo
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1933
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After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ attendant:
“My servant Moses is dead. Prepare to cross the Jordan…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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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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1942
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Solomon son of David took firm hold of his kingdom, for the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. Solomon summoned all Israel—the officers of…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE
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Silence, and a starry night
Frost crackling, fine as sand.
Remember how I taught you
To hold a gun in your hand?
In fur jacket and beret,
Clutching a hand grenade,
A girl whose skin is velvet
Ambus…
Contributor:
Hirsh Glik
Places:
Wilno, Poland (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1942
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(Short Poems in Prose)
Contributor:
Yosef Kirman
Places:
Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1942
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And now Blimele, dear child,
Stop—stop playing now.
No time for that.
We can be called at any minute
To leave our poor home
—A lonely boat on an island of sand—
And be hurled into the midst
Of a…
Contributor:
Simkhe-Bunem Shayevitsh
Places:
Lodz, General Government (Lodz, Poland)
Date:
1942
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We cleansed our bodies and we are pure,
We cleansed our spirits and are at peace.
Death does not frighten us,
We shall meet it calmly.
We served God with…
Contributor:
Hillel Bavli
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1943
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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
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All those things whose names I hushed
in secret, I meet in the night’s abyss.
I face the dark. Alert, remembering. Silently,
again I’ll let you in—my friends, my beloved dead.
And here you are as…
Contributor:
Leah Goldberg
Places:
Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1943