Last Stop - Vienna 1938-1945

One night, I went on the Internet,
Looked for my family and friends,
The murdered Holocaust dead
And found in Yad Vashem,
The Holocaust site in Jerusalem,
From Vienna, the listed evidence
Of their last places of residence
And also where they were last seen,
In Auschwitz, Kielce and Terecin,
With some pictures of the slain,
Men, women, children,
Family and friends who died in vain
And as I looked page upon page,
I was overcome by sadness and rage
And asked myself - why
God and the world let them die,
And for reasons of chance
Why - still here am I?

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2007 Alfred Charasz