Census
Else Dormitzer
1943
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This text recounts acts of antisemitic violence. The text provides insight into Jewish history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote violence or oppression of any kind.
Dense crowds proceed at dawn
Through Theresienstadt’s still empty streets
Five abreast curving around corners into squares.
The beast checks if anybody has stumbled.
Today God’s chosen people are being numbered!
You see each kind of person,
Only the sick are allowed to stay behind,
At five o’clock the order went out to herd—
No one exempted…
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