Never shall I forget that night,
The first night in camp
Which has turned my life into one long night,
Seven times cursed and seven times sealed.

Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the little faces of the children
Whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke
Beneath a silent blue sky

Never shall I forget those flames
Which consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence
Which deprived me for all eternity of the
desire to live.

Never shall I forget those moments
Which murdered my God and my soul
And turned my dreams to dust.

Never shall I forget these things,
Even if I am condemned to live
As long as God Himself.
Never

Elie Wiesel


Elie Wiesel was born in Hungary in 1928. All his family were killed in the Holocaust. After liberation he moved to France and then the USA. He has written a number of books and poems and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.