In Bedzin and in Krakow they breathed in What they denied in conscious thought or word. The ashes of the Jews, the shades of skin Penetrating lungs so deep within The dead unburied mixed, in air secured In Bedzin and in Krakow, mortal sin. The nearby people turned to burial urns. The human dust by breathing was allured The ashes of the Jews, the shades of skin. So Europe took their human ash within. A graveyard we became unknown, impure. In Bedzin and in Krakow, more of sin. And who they thought destroyed lived on in them Controlled their lungs, their hearts their minds uncured, The ashes of the Jews, borne in their skin. Like a mass communion without words We ate and breathed the Jews, the gays, unheard In Bedzin and in Krakow we walked in The ashes of the lost, the glades of skin,
So Europe took their human ash within
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How my heart sings 
Oh how sad. So many wrongs were done. Poles forcibly sterilized. Gypsies rounded up and killed. But the jews and gays, so many. Every person had a right to life and dignity. The world would be a very different place without WWII.
Thank you,Brenda.What we don’t realise is that it did not just end in 1945/Europe as corrupted by all these murders
It’s sad to see people in the US turning to Nazi beliefs, too. Tolerance is the only answer.
But not towards Nazis!!
Not, not toward intolerance. Tolerance toward differences and other cultures. Love for each other. Not hatred and fear. I’m glad you understood me. As soon as I pressed send I thought, that was ambiguous.
Thank you,Brenda.We need it more than ever but we are afraid in the uncertain political climate.