History of Sorts

Age 6, I should have the whole world open to me.

Age 6, there is still so much for me to do and to see.

Age 6, like all my friends, I want to go to school.

Age 6, and sometimes I want to play the fool.

Age 6, I have yet so many games to play.

Age 6, so many words I still have to learn and say.

Age 6, my greatest ambition is to become seven

Age 6, I was murdered, and sent to heaven

Age 6, I am Jacqueline Bernheim, killed in Auschwitz on May 22, 1944.

Age 6, with my family and friends, I will be no more.