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Who Will Stand Here?

11/4/2018

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Two Jewish men, one a holocaust survivor the other his younger, now best friend.
Standing on the floor of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
Staring up at the towering replica of The Isthtar Gate, the first of the ancient Babylon gates.
A restored relic, a mix of new and restored glazed-blue bricks and gold hued images of ancient lions, dragons and bulls.
 
In the center is an arched gateway to the ancient world of Nebuchadnezzar II.
The King who destroyed the first Jewish Temple and launched the first mass exile
A long broad walkway once ended here taking those Jews away from what been their land.
Those tyrants and killers of Jews are gone now.
Only remnants and relics remain.
 
Two Jewish men, one a Holocaust survivor the other his younger, now best friend.
Standing on the Pergamon Museum floor staring-up at the towering replica of an ancient Gate of Babylon.
Having come here from a more recent scene of horror, POW Camp Woebbelin
A make-shift camp used by Nazis to imprison Jews and others whose fate had yet to be set.
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Laszlo, once had lived there, a mere teen not knowing if he would wake the next morning.
Now staring with his friend at the replica of the ancient Ishtar Gate of Babylon.
Remembering Woebbelin, another place where tyrants and killers sought to destroy the Jews.
Those too are gone now!
 
And look at us!! Look at us!!
Two older now American Jews. A former Holocaust prisoner and his younger best friend.
Standing on the floor of the Pergamon Museum staring at a replica of an original gate of ancient Babylon.
Having just left the remnants of Camp Woebbelin.
And look at us!! Look at us!!
We are still here!
 
Today, years later we stand among mourners anew.
Mourning the loss of eleven more Jews.
A guard with a gun now at each door. Will he stop the next horror?
Now look at us. Two older American Jews. Soon too we will be gone.
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Who will still stand here then?
©SamuelASimon 2018
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