William Heyen (1940-)
The Funnel: Speech to Jews at Treblinka by Kurt Franz

From Erika: Poems of the Holocaust, by William Heyen. Copyright © 1991 by Time Being Press. Reprinted by permission of Time Being Books. All rights reserved.

Why try to run? Why take risks? No matter
how far you flee, you return
to Treblinka,

a funnel whose upper edges are the ends of earth. You
are near the bottom. Others are already
falling, falling
fast,

will pass you soon. Do not run from your
responsibilities. The earth
will be purged
of Jews,

and Treblinka will become for you a world of joy.
I swear this on my honor
as an SS.

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