Hope was leaving
Chests were heaving
Not believing what they saw
Pyres burning
Minds discerning
People yearning to be saved
Each forced to dig his own grave
Burned by the licking flame
Murdered by number, not by name
Bodies lifted
Souls drifted
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A journey from this hell on earth
Innocence lost
With a fiery frost
Families torn apart by the Holocaust
