[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E665-E666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REFLECTIONS OF HOLOCAUST

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                        HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMER

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 30, 1996

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge a fifth grade 
student, Samantha Peay, from my district who has written the most 
beautiful and profound poem on the Holocaust. Her astute analysis of 
this chilling event reminds us of the horror and pain that so many 
endured. I congratulate Samantha for her eloquent poem and hope that 
students in classrooms throughout the world will also explore the 
history of the Holocaust.

                        Reflections of Holocaust

                           (By Samantha Peay)

     Eyes ablaze in frightened faces
     Staring into empty spaces
     Arms and hands that bear a stamp
     Lonely and scared in a crowded camp
     Tortured, beaten, waiting for the kill
     Death houses waiting cold and still
     Its frightening to look back and think
     Trying to make a people extinct
     It may have happened long ago
     In a place I do not know
     I read and talk about this sorrow
     But can it happen again tomorrow?
     Can some madman filled with hate
     Cause a future holocaust date?
     Never again must we torture, kill or burn
     From the pages of history we must learn
     People of the world take a stand

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     Tell the world throughout the land
     Spread the news from door to door
     Holocaust, Holocaust never more!

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