Survivor’s Poems
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SELAH MAYA ZIGHELBOIM | JE STAFF
hen Itka Zygmuntowicz refl ects on her life — her
imprisonment in Auschwitz-Birkenau, her postwar
life in Sweden, her fl ourishing in the United States —
poetry is something the 93-year-old great-grandmother turns to.

“America, my country,” Zygmuntowicz recited, when she wanted
to explain what living in the United States means to her. “You are
a great land. To the homeless and oppressed, you extend a helping
hand. I found here freedom to work, play and pray, and so many new
opportunities to heal and grow each day. America, my country, I love
you so dearly, and for all my blessings, I thank God for you sincerely.”
Zygmuntowicz, who now lives in Northeast Philadelphia, has
written three books. Two, You Only Have What You Give Away
and Th e Power of Words and Deeds, are works of poetry. Th e third,
Remember, My Child, which was published in 2016, is a memoir,
which tells the story of her life through photos, narrative and poetry.

She wanted to write the memoir so her descendants would
know her story.

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