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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
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Once there was a stroke of misfortune. The day it happened, Mother couldn’t stop cursing this wretched life. Something occurred that almost caused Father to hang himself out of pure shame. After that…

Contributor:

Isaiah Spiegel

Places:

Republic of Poland (Poland)

Date:

1946

Subjects:

Jewish quarters, Hunger, Children, Family, Holocaust

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
Lekh-lekho
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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

Subjects:

Holocaust, Death, Children, Jewish quarters, Theology

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Religion & Theology