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...We
know that Hitler's system of murder, slaughter and robbery
leads steadily to a dead end and the destruction of the Jews.
The fate of the Jews in the Soviet Russian areas occupied by
the Germans, and in the Warthegau, marks a new period in the
total annihilation of the Jewish population. The huge murder
machine has been turned against Jewish masses that are weak,
unarmed, brought low by hunger, camps and deportations. With
satanic methods it liquidates the Jewish population centers
one by one. The victory over the Jews will have to serve the
Germans as recompense for the losses they have suffered at the
front. Spilling the blood of defenseless Jews will have to
take the place of Hitler's great dreams that failed to come
true.
We
also know that the march of Hitler's troops has been halted by
the heroic Red Army and that the Spring Offensive will see the
beginning of the far-reaching destruction of the Nazis in
Europe. For the Jewish masses this will be a period of greater
bloodshed than any in their history. There is no doubt that
when Hitler feels that the end of his rule is approaching, he
will seek to drown the Jews in a sea of blood. Jewish youth
must prepare in the face of those difficult days. There must
therefore be a start to the recruiting of all creative forces
among the Jews. Despite the destruction many such forces still
remain. For generation upon generation, passivity and lack of
faith in our own strength had pressed upon us; but our history
also shows beautiful pages glowing with heroism and struggle. It
is our duty to join this period of heroism....
Yad
Vashem Archives, JM/1178/1.
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From Ha-Shomer Ha-Zair newspaper in the Warsaw Underground Jutrznia
("Dawn"), March 28, 1942. |
