History of Sorts

I wish I could explain why this 15-month-old girl was an enemy of the state, but I can’t.

I wish I could explain why this 15-month-old girl was an enemy of the French state, but I can’t.

I wish I could explain why this 15-month-old girl was an enemy of the French state controlled by a Nazi regime, but I can’t.

I wish I could explain why this 15-month-old girl was an enemy of the French state, controlled by a Nazi regime, and accommodated by French politicians, but I can’t.

I wish I could explain why this 15-month-old girl was an enemy of the state, and although she was an enemy, she survived, but I can’t because she didn’t.

I wish I could explain why this 15-month-old girl was an enemy of the state and was taken from her birthplace, Lyon, and transported to Auschwitz, but I can’t.

I wish I could explain why this 15-month-old girl was an enemy of the state and murdered in the gas chambers in Auschwitz, but I can’t.
What I can say is that her name was Martine Polack, born October 29, 1942, in Lyon, France, and murdered on February 3, 1944, in Auschwitz, Poland.