Czech-Jewish boy, Franta Bass was born in Brno, Czech Republic. In 1941, he was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto, where he wrote the poem, "The Garden." In 1944, he was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was fourteen-years old.∼4 September 1930 | Czech Jewish boy František (Franta) Bass was born in Brno.
He was incarcerated in Theresienstadt ghetto on 2 December 1941. He wrote poetry there.
Franta was murdered in Auschwitz on 30 October 1944.
His poem "The Garden".
A little garden,
Fragrant and full of roses,
The path is narrow
And a little boy walks along it.
A little boy, a sweet boy,
Like that growing blossom.
When the blossom comes to bloom,
The little boy will be no more.
He was incarcerated in Theresienstadt ghetto on 2 December 1941. He wrote poetry there.
Franta was murdered in Auschwitz on 30 October 1944.
His poem "The Garden".
A little garden,
Fragrant and full of roses,
The path is narrow
And a little boy walks along it.
A little boy, a sweet boy,
Like that growing blossom.
When the blossom comes to bloom,
The little boy will be no more.
Czech-Jewish boy, Franta Bass was born in Brno, Czech Republic. In 1941, he was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto, where he wrote the poem, "The Garden." In 1944, he was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp. He was fourteen-years old.∼4 September 1930 | Czech Jewish boy František (Franta) Bass was born in Brno.
He was incarcerated in Theresienstadt ghetto on 2 December 1941. He wrote poetry there.
Franta was murdered in Auschwitz on 30 October 1944.
His poem "The Garden".
A little garden,
Fragrant and full of roses,
The path is narrow
And a little boy walks along it.
A little boy, a sweet boy,
Like that growing blossom.
When the blossom comes to bloom,
The little boy will be no more.
He was incarcerated in Theresienstadt ghetto on 2 December 1941. He wrote poetry there.
Franta was murdered in Auschwitz on 30 October 1944.
His poem "The Garden".
A little garden,
Fragrant and full of roses,
The path is narrow
And a little boy walks along it.
A little boy, a sweet boy,
Like that growing blossom.
When the blossom comes to bloom,
The little boy will be no more.
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