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The Last Stage of Deportation Is Death
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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…

Contributor:

Gustawa Jarecka

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Writing, Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Death, Violence

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Literature, (Auto)biography
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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

Subjects:

Holocaust, Theology, Violence, Jewish quarters, Death

Categories:

Poetry, Literature