I thought this poem written by my 14 year old granddaughter Sammy was so moving, that I wanted to share it with all of you. She wrote this for her Language Arts class in middle school. I think it was quite amazing considering she had never experienced the Holocaust-Thank Heavens!

Why?

Sometimes, when I think of the Holocaust,

I think of…

pain, suffering, and tears.

Emotions race through my body,

sadness wins.

Fear comes in second.

What if this tragedy were to happen again?

I would disappear in thin air.

In Anne Frank’s diary,

she explains how she was kept in hiding.

Just imagine the next minute,

you would be caught

and taken to a Concentration Camp.

The suspense builds more and

more

on you each day.

You would feel trapped.

There would be no sun on your skin.

Jews didn’t deserve that.

Hitler was stupid,

S-T-U-P-I-D!

How could so much hatred,

be targeted on one group of people?

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