En Route From A to B
On average, the entire journey
would maybe take
the best part of four whole days
…
Yes, it was a long way indeed
From Amsterdam to
Bergen-Belsen back in the day
…
And get this, there was never
more than standing room in any
case, and then ..
…
Only if you were very, very lucky
No toilet stops,
no buffet car or restaurants ..
…
Just a bucket for each cattle truck
if you were lucky ..
One way tickets only, no voids ..
…
Returns and certainly no refunds
were allowed
Not a single bloody one ..
…
Yet strange as it may now seem
whole families might often be
accommodated thus, regardless ..
…
Though, the bastards as was,
could not cope and so lost
countless wretched souls in that way ..
…
While exact numbers may yet vary
it is now known almost a million
innocents passed en-route from A to B ..