Butcher at the slaughterhuose
fondled the muzzles of two calves,
See how lovely their eyes.
He loves the calves best,
how difficult his work.
But we need their tender flesh for veal.
Doctor at the camp entrance
patted the heads of two small children,
gazed at their eyes.
See how beautiful their features.
'Look!' he points to the smoking furnace chimney.
'There went your mummy and daddy!'
He loves the children best,
how difficult his work.
But we need them for medical experiment,
their bones for soap.
Mothers and Daughters of Ravensbrück!
You bore the standard for Womankind with every stripe
against your splendid miserable bodies.
Know, that not a slap nor blow went unnoticed by the eye of God's heart,
a heart so tender for Womankind.
Would that I could reach back in time and scoop you all, all into my
timeless embrace and kiss away your horrid wounds,
your wretched despair and humiliation, and your grief!
One has only to look at your emaciated, brutilized forms to ponder -
How great the evil which can set about reducing a woman to this!
Until one looks at the bestiality in the eyes and faces of your guards -
How still greater the evil which would reduce a woman to this!
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