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Composition of a memorial poem
Pejsach Kaplan composed the memorial poem “Rivkele, the Victim of Saturday.”
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... The ‘‘Saturday Martyrs’’ were never seen or heard
from again. Pejsach Kaplan, the prominent author, cul-
turalist and chronicler of the Bialystok Ghetto, com-
posed a poem in memory of these victims titled,
‘“*Rivkele, the Victim of Saturday’’. The following is an
English translation of this heartrending poem: ...Connected nodes