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My name is Frouktje Oudgenoeg, I am 2 years old. My last name means Old Enough.

That is exactly what I am.

I am old enough to sing and dance.

I am old enough to play outside in the garden, come rain or shine.

I am old enough to get my face dirty with jam and chocolate and old enough to get my hands all muddy.

I am old enough to have love given to me in abundance.

I am old enough to wake up at night because of a nightmare.

However, I am not old enough to live in a nightmare.

I am not old enough to experience hate

I am not old enough to be deprived of everything that is good in this world.

I am not old enough to die.

And I am certainly not old enough to be brutally murdered.

Yes, I was murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenkau on 2 November 1942 at age 2.

I hope I will be old enough to be remembered by you.