“No (11) Humanity (30)”
Moshe the Beadle (6) warned (8) them (10)
Then came the ghetto (9), deportation (11) began (13)
“When is our turn coming?” (15) It would not be long in coming now (5).
Madame Schachter was screaming “Fire!”(22) In the air the smell of burning flesh (26)
Auschwitz. (26) “Didn’t you know what was in store for you at Auschwitz?” (28)
The prisoner in charge smiled (38) The first human words. (39)
“Work is liberty.” (43) The monsters lied (41)
Optimism (7) killed (4) many (6) Jews of Sighet (8)
I am looking forward to meeting actual Holocaust survivors on Monday. I think that it will be a great learning experience because they have first hand accounts of what happened. Even though this experience will be similar to reading Night, we will actually get to ask questions. Here are my two questions that I have for the guest speakers:
1) Did you receive any warnings before the Holocaust that hinted that something might be going wrong?
2) How were you liberated after being imprisoned?
Follets: Excellent poem. Very moving. Your questions are good, as well. Your paragraph before your questions lets me know you are aware of how honored we should be and how privileged we are to get to meet and learn from such important and courageous people in history.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your poem Jackie! I liked how you had all different parts of the book, that we read, in the poem. You went from before the Jewish were captive, to when they were kept in the camps. I really like your last line since the optimism really did kill many of the Jews.
ReplyDeleteI would like to know how the survivors were liberated after being imprisoned, too.