Tombstone of Menahem Ventura

19 August 1943 Today, dear Anka, is the anniversary of your Golgotha, tomorrow the anniversary of your death. A year has passed since I last saw you. You see, Anka, I do not believe in God and never…

Had I fastened The cradle on a rafter, And rocked it—and rocked it. My little son, my Yankl. But the house has vanished Into a fiery dome, How then can I rock My little son, my own? Had I…

And the resistance, I will be asked: Where is the resistance? Could it be that the heroes are gathering in the shoe factory or in the freight yard, at least a few? Is it possible that at the ghetto’s…