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Tag Archives: Wolpe
Mama
By David Wolpe From the 1977 Keidan Yizkor Book. Nineteen forty-one. May In Lithuania the sun is molten with red lead Father says, with sadness in his face, that Mother, unfortunately, is lying in hospital I waited not … Continue reading
The Destruction of Keidan
By David Wolpe (Johannesburg) Originally published in the Yiddish journal, “Fun Letstn Khurbn” in Munich, 1948; and in English in 1950 by the Keidaner Sick Benefit and Benevolent Society of Johannesburg. By June 24, within days after Germany launched its … Continue reading