When I came to power I did not

"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

Belzek

Sobibor

Treblinka

Washing my hands, of the many years untold For now i am banned, my future is to unfold ‘Candlelight’ by Imogen Heap

What I Don't Know by Ruth Dykstra 1999 What you don't know can't hurt, they say. I disagree. Did they know? How awful, how hateful? The ghettos, the camps, the chamber, the stars? That made you feel, so different, so sad. As if, you weren't human, anymore. The lives taken, those spared, Will be changed forever. Those that saw and then, saw no more, Those that saw again and again. Those forced to leave, Those forced to stay, Those forced to be somewhere in the middle. There was no way out, no escape. Only to live, Only to die.

Lost by dragonmatrix@aol. com Night, this empty pit less dark, Alone known not by name, only by a number, a mark, Held up in these enclosed walls, constructed to mortify to contain you from the outside halls, to the corpselike cries you become immune, the fire that consumes life even cannot consume the night, 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 all is lost into the night.

“Where are we? What the hell is going on? The dust has only just begun to fall…. ” ‘Hide and Seek’ by Imogen Heap

“Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be free” ‘Blackbird’ by The Beatles

Untitled by Marisa Bluestone 1994 Alone But not really A selected few Families Torn apart By a belief Friends Cast away By neighbors Surrounded Cold eyes Harsh hatred Justice Not served Denied Rejected Yellow stars Unspoken voices Masses Taking charge Innocent faces Horror Unsettling future Another pile Hope The chance To make it Destruction Without a chance Devastation Don't let Them 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 dying This 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… … 6 million didn’t

We build monuments and memorials…

…lest we forget…