Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Death March, Mauthausen I survived four deaths The camps might not have been built If in the beginning The good people had done something Alas… had they spoken out But the good people did nothing They let them concentrate us The good people did nothing Were they really good? —Demetrios Michael Houtrides (11 years old)
(5th grade writing assignment, after hearing a Holocaust survivor’s story)

This article appears in September 2017 Issue.

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