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Marianne Cohn,
a refugee from
Germany,
who helped
save many children
by escorting them
across the border.
She was assassinated
by the Gestapo
in the town of
Annemasse,
near
Geneva, Switzerland.
The poem was found
in her jail cell.
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I WILL BETRAY
I will betray, but
tomorrow, not today.
Pull out my fingernails today.
I won't betray.
You don't know the limits of my courage.
I do.
You are five rough
hands with rings.
On your feet are shoes with spikes.
I will betray
tomorrow, not today.
Tomorrow.
I need the night to make up my mind.
I need at least one night
to renounce my friends.
To give up bread
and wine.
To betray life.
To die.
I'll betray tomorrow, not today.
The file is under the stone floor.
The file is not for the cell door.
The file is not for my executioner.
The file is to slit my wrist.
Today I have nothing more to say.
Tomorrow I'll betray. |
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FRENCH
CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST A memorial
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