"I was saved miraculously. I succeeded in coming back. Where did I get my strength? I wanted to return to Sighet to describe to you my death so that you might ready yourselves while there is still time. Life? I no longer care to live. I am alone. But I wanted to come back to warn you. Only no one is listening to me…"

"'The yellow star? So what? It's not lethal...' (Poor Father! Of what then did you die?)"

"They began to walk without another glance at the abandoned streets, the dead, empty houses, the gardens, the tombstones…On everyone's back, there was a sack. In everyone's eyes, tears and distress. Slowly, heavily, the procession advanced toward the gate of the ghetto."

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