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Inmersos en el inimaginable logro de intentar sobrevivir a un campo de concentración sin que tu mente muriera antes que el resto de tu cuerpo, quienes cantaban el himno que Karel Svenk compusiera en Theresienstadt con suerte jamás notaron que su letra –irreal, obscenamente optimista si no hubiera sido creada desde dentro- es la que el nazismo habría impuesto en todos los campos desde el mismo día que a alguien se le ocurrió ubicar a la entrada de Auswitchz el lema “trabajar os hará libres”.

He who can drown out a spring thunderstorm

On whom laughter was bestowed in the cradle

Who is not inclined to cry without a cause

Who knows love and is cherished

Everyone, of whatever sort,

Who, in short, is happy on this earth

Who never frowns at anyone

Will often and cheerfully sings:

Anything goes, with good will, we will join hands

In defiance of the cruel times

We have humour in our hearts

Day after day we get along

We move from here to there

And only in under thirty words

Are we allowed to write:

Hey, life begins tomorrow

And it nears the time

When we can pack up our bundles

And return home

Anything goes, with good will, we will join hands

And at the ruins of the ghetto we will laugh

Karel Svenk (1917-1945)