This Poem was written by my 13 year old KJ. Some days I'm not sure what I will be grateful for in my post...then there are days like today.
I should ask to check homework more frequently. KJ will not be happy that I've used her Poem and posted it here for everyone to read, she's a very private person that way but sometimes as a Mom...well you just do things because then seem right.
Holocaust
Imagine you were born in 1920
Your family is Jewish
and you live in Germany
In 1933, a few months after you turn 13
Hitler and his Nazi Party gain power
But you're not worried - not yet
They make promises of wealth
and "economic recovery"
so you're not worried - not yet
You can't go to the movies,
Your Dad lost his job
You're getting worried
By your 15th birthday
most of your relatives are dead
Imagine you were born in 1920
Your family is Jewish
and you live in Germany
In 1935, a few months after you turn 16,
They've found you
They've found you hiding
Your family has warned you about this day
the day you will be taken away
Sent to a camp
A camp without tents, or fires, or s'mores
this camp
is a concentration camp
Imagine you were born in the year 1920
Your family is Jewish
You live in Germany
You have a job now
but you're not getting paid
Your job
is to shave people's heads
Friends, family, strangers come around
you shave their heads
not to speak one word
No one knows whats going on
that once they enter through that door
they won't come out alive
No one knows when their life will end
You could be killed today, tomorrow
or next week
You might die from starvation
This is not a pleasant situation
Not often does homework bring me to tears...today was an exception
