Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II - Kennesaw State University
Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II - Kennesaw State University
Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II - Kennesaw State University
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<strong>Beyond</strong> <strong>Rosie</strong>: <strong>Women</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>War</strong> <strong>II</strong><br />
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You Who Know (Vous qui savez)<br />
Oh you who know<br />
Did you know that hunger let the eyes sh<strong>in</strong>e<br />
That thirst makes them dull<br />
Oh you who know<br />
That one can see one’s mother dead<br />
And can rema<strong>in</strong> without tears<br />
Did you know that <strong>in</strong> the morn<strong>in</strong>g one wants to die<br />
Teacher’s Guide<br />
That <strong>in</strong> the even<strong>in</strong>g one is afraid<br />
Oh you who know<br />
Did you know that a day more than a year<br />
A m<strong>in</strong>ute more than a lifetime<br />
Oh you who know<br />
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Did you know that the legs are more vulnerable than eyes<br />
The nerves harder than bones<br />
The heart more durable than steel<br />
Did you know that the stones of the way do not cry<br />
That there is only one word for the terror<br />
Just one word for fear<br />
Did you know that suffer<strong>in</strong>g has no limits<br />
Terror no end<br />
Did you know that<br />
Oh you who know.<br />
Charlotte Delbo, Delbo was a non-Jewish member of the French Resistance, deported<br />
to Auschwitz <strong>in</strong> 1943 and liberated from Ravensbrück by the Red Cross <strong>in</strong> 1945.<br />
Source: Courtesy of Ravensbrück Memorial Site
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