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They fought and died for bread
Crushed beneath the surging masses of the crowd
Killed for the murderer's pleasure
Forced to stand for hours at gun-point for roll call
They fell unconscious where they stood
To be beaten until they rose again or died
Only the strong survived
The old and the very young died
They tumbled into mass graves
Trenches already filled with bodies
Sufforcated in gas chambers
Cremated in roaring ovens
that belched great, black, billowing clouds of ash
They worked in rock quarries
Dug their own graves
Worked until death shoveling coal in steel mills...
The animals who commanded them decided who would live
Who would become fuel for the furnace
Who would be used for the officers' pleasure
Branded like cattle,
Arrested, tried, executed for no reason other than their religion
Or some equally heinous crime.
The animals who did this to them were called Nazis
and their prey were Jews.