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Clila Bau-Cohen

Clila Bau-Cohen is the daughter Rebecca and Joseph Bau who were married in Barracks 13, the women’s barracks of Plaszow Concentration Camp in Poland. The wedding had barely ended when the SS arrived to comb the camp for men who had snuck into the women’s barracks for the wedding, beating to death the wedding guests. Joseph lied on top bunk covered with a pile of rags serving as a quaking pillow for his wife and later escaped.
Clila Bau-Cohen
Poems

My Parents’ Wedding

My Parents’ Wedding My parents in the concentration camp met for the first time My father disguised himself as a woman and sneaked into the barracks of the young bride And there, secretly, their wedding was held When they lay on her bunk Suddenly the warning was heard that the Read more…

By Clila Bau-Cohen, 2 monthsDecember 1, 2022 ago
Clila Bau-Cohen
Poems

The Cards of Hope

The cards of hope A skinny guy was standing next to a barbed wire fence. Shots, screams, cries were heard in the distance. From up close you could hear the hum of electricity running through the fence. The young man stood with his eyes closed, his head bent to the Read more…

By Clila Bau-Cohen, 2 monthsDecember 1, 2022 ago
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