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Z. Segalowicz
Z. Segalowicz
Author of a poem titled “My Bialystok.”
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... The tragedy of Bialystok’s destruction was elo-
quently described in a poem written by Z. Segalowicz,
titled ‘“‘My Bialystok.’’ He likens his memories of his
beloved hometown to a book that has fallen into a fire,
consumed by the hungry flames. Disbelieving and cata-
pulted into a state of shock, the poet asks, ‘‘What hap-
pened to my town? My generation? My past? Where are
my family and friends? How devastating it was for an
entire breed of believers with high hopes and expecta-
tions, bubbling with pride, filled with courage and
awaiting a bright future, to be condemned to oblivion
by a raving and bloodthirsty nation.’ Surely all we can
do is to rewrite, though in abridged form, the original
book incinerated in the fire. ...Connected nodes
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