Questions & Answers
The Holocaust left its mark on each surviving Jew, There. And everywhere. Why Them and not us? We're they the sinners and we so righteous? Did we do enough? How much did we know? Was there a lesson learned? The same baseless hatred remains. Could it happen again...? Not while there is an Israel. How do we replace Them? By becoming them. Written by Abe Weiss, a survivor Weiss, Abe. "Questions & Answers." Survivors Speak Out. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House Ltd, 1989. 15. Print. |
Never, never again
To Their Cries They received no Replies. Their eyes, so vague Had dried up. There were no more Tears. There were no more Fears. And then - when all was still New sounds, far away, began to fill The air of a newborn Homeland, Where the wounds would begin to Mend. And to those eyes and those cries There were now some replies - "You have not died in Vein, and, NO, Dear Ones, Never, Never Again". Written by Susan Roitelman, a survivor Roitelman, Susan. "Never, never again." Survivors Speak Out. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House Ltd, 1989. 23. Print. |