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  "text": "But now, I no longer pleaded for anything. I was no longer able to lament. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man. Without love or mercy. I was nothing but ashes no, but I felt myself to be stronger than this Almighty to whom my life had been bound for so long. In the midst of these men assembled for prayer, I felt like an observer, a stranger.",
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      "text": "\"Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba...May His name be celebrated and sanctified...\" whispered my father.\n\nFor the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?",
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      "text": "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.\n\nNever shall I forget that smoke.\n\nNever shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.\n\nNever shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.\n\nNever shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.\n\nNever shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.\n\nNever shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself.\n\nNever.",
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      "text": "Most people thought we would remain in the ghetto until the end of the war, until the arrival of the Red Army. Afterward everything would be as before. The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion.",
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