Jewish Danes Return Home

Defeated, at last, they set us free.

But what remained of home for us?

What family waited for us there, what friends?

Who had saved our small treasures

From thieves and bombs?

What house could welcome us

In our poverty and wretchedness?

We expected nothing

Our fear was unassuaged.

But you were there

So many, so many…

With banners and songs,

And cheering “Welcome!

Welcome home!”

And we were led

To the homes from which

We were taken,

To our homes, our businesses

Which you had saved for us

During our dark imprisonment.

More than your weeks of

proud defiance

More than your years of

stubborn persistence

and acts of courage,

The day of our return,

This day of our return,

This was the greatest gift

The greatest honor.

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