History of Sorts

Hanna Isidora van Praag
Hanna Isidora van Praag was born in Amsterdam on 7 June 1928 and murdered at Auschwitz on 9 November 1943. She reached the age of 15 years.

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For Hanna Isidora van Praag

Born beneath Amsterdam skies so fair,
A whisper of wind, a dark hair,
The streets she knew, the canals bright,
Her laughter lit the morning light.

A child of fifteen, dreams unspoken,
A heart unbroken, words unbroken—
A hope like blossoms in spring’s embrace,
A future longed for, a gentle face.

But shadows came, as shadows do,
The world turned dark; the winds then blew,
A journey crossed, a broken path,
A cruel end in history’s wrath.

Auschwitz claimed her tender years,
Where silence hid the prayers and tears,
Fifteen years old, a spark still glowed,
Though the world had paved a bitter road.

Amsterdam’s bells ring soft and low,
Her memory blooms where waters flow,
A name, a face, a fleeting shade—
A light unbroken, unafraid.

Though the years may pass and drift,
Her story remains a sacred gift,
Of love and loss and history’s cry,
A fifteen-year-old with the Amsterdam sky.

Hanna Isidora, forever young,
Your name in whispered verses—sung
A testament, a voice, a plea,
For all that was and might have been free.

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Source

https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/194183/hanna-isidora-van-praag