| Christmas in Auschwitz I Holding that child will cost your life, young woman… a slave of the camp warned Mary on the ramp, before the selection. Today that advice resounds a thousandfold. II When Mengele sent off Mary and the Child towards the left, the Saviour was even born in the Carpenter's empty arms. András Mezei translated from the Hungarian by Thomas Land |
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