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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
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[ . . . ] We have nooses fastened around our necks; when the pressure abates for a moment, we utter a cry. Its importance should not be underestimated. Many a time in history did such cries resound…
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Gustawa Jarecka
Places:
Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1942
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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…
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Szymon Draenger
Places:
Kraków, General Government (Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1943
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A round number. At first glance it looks silly and seems to have no specific meaning. A detached number such as this can be likened to those gray people who go through life alone and die without…
Contributor:
Yehoshua Perle
Places:
Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1942
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I am in hiding in a loft over a stable, in a village, with good people. The risk of death hovers over me, as it does over all Jews these days, and the slightest lapse of vigilance on my…
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Baruch Milch
Places:
General Government (Poland)
Date:
1943