“Everyone knows what we bring…”

(for the millions unknown) 

Moving East, 
we unleash this rabid beast, 
won't be long, carnage unfurled, 
moving fast, remake the world. 

Death's Head, killing thread, 
Death's Head, killing spread,
master race, 
killing pace, 
master race, 
stone cold face.

Massive violence, 
shattered silence, 
crush and devastate, 
smash and hate.

"The shooting took place in the morning, in a ravine, behind the village, since then the villagers call this place, "the ravine of the Jews." The were shot with machine guns." 
Kollosovsky Mykolav, Ukraine

Deadly mission, 
mass commission, 
deadly mission, 
violent condition.

Massive acts of murder, 
done with greatest horror, 
massive acts of murder, 
all in the name of the Fuhrer, 
death's construction, 
slaves to destruction, 
blind eyes turning, 
soon, bodies burning.

Everyone knows what we bring, 
Everyone knows the tune we sing, 
Everyone knows what we bring, 
Evil minds pulling strings. 

The ravine, 
blood soaked killing machine, 
naked bodies buried, 
all lives taken, married, unmarried. 

"I saw them get off the wagons one by one.The were forced to undress in the wagons and they were taken one by one to the pit." 
Bronnay Gora, Belarus

They were forced to walk to a prearranged place, 
reassuring them, saving face, 
bring your things, safe return, 
only later would they learn.

"The Jewish houses and shops were looted right after the shooting. They took everything...
Ion, Moldova

After the day was over, 
there were piles and piles of clothes, 
the pits were covered over, 
the edges of the woods were once again quiet, 
witnesses went on with their lives, 
their dreams were never the same. 

They looted their homes, 
they took their clothes to wear for themselves, 
as if they never existed, 
their lives continued, 
while the pits have been filled in, 
remaining today, 
barren and covered with grass, 
that sways in that lonely wind. 

T.S. Deary 
9/24/24