Return to Vienna

Survivors gathered
After sixty years,
Recalling memories,
Forgotten tears,
Nightmares revisited
And horrid fears,
The many dead
Still haunt this place
Where Nazis once
Killed a whole race,
But life goes on
The good old way,
'Gemuetlichkeit'
Each pleasant day,
But when you
Look them in the eye,
They look away,
'We never did a thing'
They say...

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz