"When I came to power, I did not want the concentration camps to become old age pensioners homes, but instruments of

terror." - Adolf Hitler

Auschwitz

BelzekBelzek

SobiborSobibor

TreblinkaTreblinka

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‘‘Candlelight’ by Imogen Candlelight’ by Imogen HeapHeap

Washing my hands, Washing my hands, of the many of the many

years untoldyears untoldFor now i am banned, For now i am banned, my future is to unfold my future is to unfold

What I Don't KnowWhat I Don't Knowby Ruth Dykstra 1999by Ruth Dykstra 1999

What you don't know can't hurt, they say.What you don't know can't hurt, they say.I disagree. I disagree.

Did they know? Did they know? How awful, how hateful? How awful, how hateful?

The ghettos, the camps, the chamber, the stars? The ghettos, the camps, the chamber, the stars? That made you feel, so different, so sad. That made you feel, so different, so sad.

As if, you weren't human, anymore. As if, you weren't human, anymore. The lives taken, those spared, The lives taken, those spared,

Will be changed forever. Will be changed forever. Those that saw and then, saw no more, Those that saw and then, saw no more,

Those that saw again and again. Those that saw again and again. Those forced to leave, Those forced to leave, Those forced to stay, Those forced to stay,

Those forced to be somewhere in the middle. Those forced to be somewhere in the middle. There was no way out, no escape. There was no way out, no escape.

Only to live, Only to live, Only to die.Only to die.

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LostLost

by dragonmatrix@aol.comby dragonmatrix@aol.com

Night, this empty pit less dark,Night, this empty pit less dark,Alone known not by name, only by a number, a mark,Alone known not by name, only by a number, a mark,

Held up in these enclosed walls,Held up in these enclosed walls,constructed to mortify to contain you from the outside halls,constructed to mortify to contain you from the outside halls,

to the corpselike cries you become immune,to the corpselike cries you become immune,the fire that consumes life even cannot consume the night,the fire that consumes life even cannot consume the night,with death billowing upon the fire you will be gone soon,with death billowing upon the fire you will be gone soon,

At each dusk the isolated lack of light, again takes away hope and leaves no rebellion no fight,At each dusk the isolated lack of light, again takes away hope and leaves no rebellion no fight,At each dusk all is lost into the night.At each dusk all is lost into the night.

““Where are we? What the hell is going on?Where are we? What the hell is going on?The dust has only just begun to fall….”The dust has only just begun to fall….”

‘Hide and Seek’ by Imogen Heap

“Blackbird singing in the dead of nightTake these sunken eyes and learn to seeAll your lifeYou were only waiting for this moment to be free”

‘Blackbird’ by The Beatles

Untitled

by Marisa Bluestone 1994

AloneBut not reallyA selected few

SurroundedCold eyes

Harsh hatred

RejectedYellow stars

Unspoken voices

HorrorUnsettling future

Another pile

DestructionWithout a chance

Devastation

FamiliesTorn apartBy a belief

FriendsCast away

By neighbors

JusticeNot served

Denied

MassesTaking chargeInnocent faces

HopeThe chanceTo make it

Don't letThem bury

You

“I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquility will

return again.” -Anne Frank

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” -Plato

On the outside, I'm trying, 'cause inside, I'm dyingThis broken heart was stronger then…”

‘This Broken Heart’ by Something Corporate

It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them because, in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. --Anne Frank

around 4 million survived…around 4 million survived…

…6 million didn’t

We build monuments and memorials…

……lest we forget…lest we forget…