Poem: "Resistance"

To smuggle a loaf of bread—was to resist
To teach in secret—was to resist
To gather information and distribute an underground newsletter—was to resist
To cry out warning and shatter illusions—was to resist
To rescue a Torah Scroll—was to resist
To forge documents—was to resist
To smuggle across borders—was to resist
To chronicle events and to conceal records—was to resist
To extend a helping hand to those in need—was to resist
To dare to speak out, at the risk of one’s life—was to resist
To stand empty-handed against the killers—was to resist
To reach the besieged, smuggling weapons and commands—was to resist
To take up arms in streets, mountains and forests —was to resist
To rebel in death camps—was to resist
To rise up in ghettos, amid tumbling walls,
in the most desperate revolt humanity has ever known. . .

- Haim Gouri and Monia Avrahami