Sometimes I wonder why they did all this,
Why they hurt so many?
I was one they hurt and still bear the scars.
Why did they kill so many?
I still don't understand.
I remember when they hurt me,
When they beat me up,
When they made fun of me, like it was my fault,
Like I had done something wrong,
When my only "fault" was being a Jew.
My family and I went into hiding,
But then we were found.
We were sent to camps,
They shaved all of our heads and took our things
Then everything was gone.
The camps were terrible,
People got sick and many died.
They beat us and pushed us around at gunpoint,
There was not enough food for all of us.
Everyday people got chosen to go to a new camp,
One day I was chosen.
They transported me and others to the worst and biggest death camp,
It was called Auschwitz.
There they put tattoos on us,
And did not use our names but our numbers,
They treated us like animals.
I was so scared.
Everyday I thought I might not survive the night,
But instead every morning I woke up,
And I knew that it was not my time.
Then one morning I heard about these places called gas chambers,
That is how I knew that their goal was to kill us.
Everyday I got scared that I would be chosen to go to the gas chambers,
And everyday there were less people.
One day soldiers in different uniforms came,
They were shocked at how thin and overworked we were,
No one believed that humans could be so mean.
They said that they were there to rescue us,
Some of us were so weak we could barely move.
Now I am wondering if my family is still alive,
If they are not alive can I go on living?