Why do we forget the destruction
We pretend not to regret
Hatred of others was a seduction
"He who defends the Jew harms his own people." Joseph Goebbels
The liberators of the camps
Were horrified by the world they found
Millions upon millions destroyed
Their ash poured upon the ground
“Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation." Hannah Arendt
Denial is for the guilty
For those who wish it had gone their way
Denial is for the weak
For those who never stop their hate
“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” Primo Levi
But still the smoke billows
Still the dead are forsaken
The world ignores their fate
The sleeper to truth must awaken
“Here. Here I am.
You've taken everything from us, but not who we are! We still exist! One day grass will grow here and overgrow the ruins. Or day this will be forgotten. But you... No one will ever forget you! The shame of humanity.”
― Bruno Apitz, Nackt unter Wölfen
