Holocaust Hero Poems

Hear them pray for the last time,
their leather boots no protection still.
Listen to the church bell chime.
Hear the men ordering to kill.

Turn off the radio.
Stop...

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Mother: Oh Raymond, Raymond, what's to become of you?  :(
Raymond: I'll stay pure & give my life; Our Lady says it's true.

Jesus: Father Maximilian...

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Their mere weapon was their forbidden courage, hands barren with  no armaments, no ammunitions, marching towards the proud valley of death, dedication born from...

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White Lace

Mother died today. 
They called me. 
I thought they did not have, my number. 
They never called before, now. 
Why bother to call now?...

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The Mix

A recipe for life, 
living, loving,
and being happy?
Why is this so hard? 

Flour, or flower? 
The first to eat, 
the second to enjoy... 
to...

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Indian Sky

Across the desert the clouds gather. 
They are angry, and full of rain. 
It is late in the day, 
and there is no time...

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~ Surviving Hell on Earth ~
      (The Nazi's Camps)


They had seen Hell on Earth
  Lived through it, survived
Tight-lipped through...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The Map

In life we choose the direction of our feet, 
often by the way those around us expect us to go. 
Shockingly, striking out on...

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Pan doktor my children called me, an orphanage to run.
I was educated in their German homeland but polish born. 
My children wrote a newspaper ...

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The Mockingbird sits,
on a wooden chair singing
away its own death....

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A very loyal woman was Miep Jan Gies,
Brave, caring, and really very wise -
She was confident and daring - On her some lives depended
Now, following...

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