FRENCH CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST A memorial Serge Klarsfeld     Back   Contents Page 89 Home Page  Forward           Marianne Cohn, a refugee from Germany, who helped save many children by escorting them across the border. She was assassinated by the Gestapo in the town of Annemasse, near Geneva, Switzerland. The poem was found in her jail cell.    I WILL BETRAY I will betray, but tomorrow, not today. Pull out my fingernails today. I won't betray. You don't know the limits of my courage. I do. You are five rough hands with rings. On your feet are shoes with spikes. I will betray tomorrow, not today. Tomorrow. I need the night to make up my mind. I need at least one night to renounce my friends. To give up bread and wine. To betray life. To die. I'll betray tomorrow, not today. The file is under the stone floor. The file is not for the cell door. The file is not for my executioner. The file is to slit my wrist. Today I have nothing more to say. Tomorrow I'll betray.     Marianne Cohn         FRENCH CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST A memorial Serge Klarsfeld    Back Page 89 Forward
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