To the Dead
A grave among graves, who can tell it apart,
time has long swept away the dead faces.
Testimonies, so evil and terrible to the heart,
we took with us to these dark rotting places.
Only the night and the howl of the wind
will sit on the graves' corners,
only a patch of grass, a bitter weed
before May bears some flowers...
Jaroslav Seifert
A grave among graves, who can tell it apart,
time has long swept away the dead faces.
Testimonies, so evil and terrible to the heart,
we took with us to these dark rotting places.
Only the night and the howl of the wind
will sit on the graves' corners,
only a patch of grass, a bitter weed
before May bears some flowers...
Jaroslav Seifert
IMPORTANT NEWS: June 14, 2013 at 8:00 am: The traffic situation in Terezin, on arrival into the town, has stabilized and Terezín, including the exhibitions of the Memorial, is normally accessible again (both from Prague and from German border via highway D8 and road No. II/608).
