“How I envy the birds”
Read the extract from the diary, written by an anonymous girl in the Lodz Ghetto.
What is the girl longing for?
Drag the sentences to the correct place.
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March 7th 1942 “… today is a nice day. When the sun is shining, it’s easier on the soul. You miss another life. When you see the fence, separating us from the rest of the world, the soul longs for freedom, like a bird in a cage. The eyes are filled with tears. How I envy the birds. The heart bursts with longing. I remember the years gone by. Will I live in better times? Who knows? Will I ever be with my parents and my friends? Who knows? Will I eat lots of bread and wheat? In the meantime, hunger bites and there is nothing left to cook”. |
