Auschwitz Song Lyrics - Singles - Markm

Between the Sola and the Vistula crammed 

Between swamps, guard chains, barbed wire 

Lies Auschwitz Concentration Camp, the cursed nest 

That inmates hate like an evi 

l plague. 

Where there is malaria, typhus and other things 

Where great anguish eats at your heart, 

Where thousands upon thousands are imprisoned 

Far from their homeland, far from wife and child. 

You see rows of buildings rise built by inmates 

Through storm and rain you have to carry bricks and sand 

Block after block springs up, for thousands of men 

All of this for those who are yet to come. 

Sadly you see columns pass you by 

You can often see fathers, brothers there 

You aren't allowed to say hello, that will mean their death 

To do so you involuntarily increase their woe. 

Sadly you see the columns walk by 

The commands resound on the left, two three 

You have no right to say anything here. 

When you often want to scream for help. 

Along with lice and fleas, fever rages, 

Many thousands have already perished miserably, 

Indeed you are tormented here night and day 

And your every step is watched by guards. 

Father, mother are you home by now? 

No one suspects our heartache 

Here you are only allowed to dream of a home 

From where fate shamelessly drove you out. 

Should I never see you again, my country 

And like so many thousands go up the chimney, 

Hail, my beloved family and friends there 

Think of me from time to time, who was forced to leave. 

Written by a Slovakian girl in Auschwitz Concentration Camp 

In 1942 from the first transports.