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Volume 22 - Number 3 - December 2015,
Pages: 123 - 223
Section: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TERROR AND TERRORISM SPECIAL ISSUE
Petschauer, P. W. (2015). Toward the end—April 1945 [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(3), 163-164. https://doi.org/10.70763/2ba3c4b9390cc43edb94e42144729d33
Toward the End—April 1945 (poem)
Keywords: Adolf Hitler, April 1945, poem, psychohistory, psychology of terror, terrorism, World War II (WWII)
They dangled from the rafters –
a lieutenant and a captain.
Belts held them off the floor –
four eyes staring nowhere.
My God!
Oh my God!
An overturned cot –
a polished boot on the ground –
a wet spot spread on a pair of pants –
a tongue dangling from a mouth.
How many more? she asked.
No others today, he said.
Three yesterday.
There’ll be more tomorrow.
We came for food –
she fumbled for her words.
We have no food today,
the enemy blew up the truck
on its way.
Oh no, not again.
You hang there so grizzly,
telling us part of your tale.
Young warriors:
Why, tell us, why?
What did you hear?
What did you see?
What did you do?
Was it despair or disillusion?
Or both –
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that brought you to this end?
Did you predict more hangings tomorrow?
Don’t know, he said,
Don’t know!
Maybe we’ll get some food tomorrow?
Don’t know, he said.
Maybe, maybe not!
It’s not over yet.
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Authors:
Peter W. Petschauer
Peter W. Petschauer, PhD, New York University, taught at Appalachian State University, 1968-2006. (Now a writer and poet.) Initially courses in European and Russian History, later women and children.
Several administrative positions.
Also chair of Appalachian’s faculty senate and then chair of UNC-System’s faculty assembly.
Now on two arts-related boards at ASU and on two boards of psychohistorical journals.
Books: Faustina. Ein freies Mädchen und eine gefangene Fürstin. Das einzigartige Paar auf dem Römerhof bei Erlstätt (Faustina. A free girl and a captive duchess. The unique pair on the Roman farm near Erlstätt), 2025;Was man so Alles lernt, (All the Things one Learns) 2024; In Troubled Times Beauty. Listen to Rarely Heard Voices (poetry), 2022; An Immigrant in the 1960s. Finding Hope and Success in New York City; Hopes and Fears. Past and Present (poetry); A Perfect Portrait, about a young female artist in 18th-century Weimar; In the Face of Evil. The Sustenance of Traditions; The Father and the SS.
Articles, etc.: over 250 articles in journals and collections, several hundred presentations/ lectures.
How to Cite This:
Petschauer, P. W. (2015). Toward the end—April 1945 [Poem]. Clio’s Psyche, 22(3), 163-164. https://doi.org/10.70763/2ba3c4b9390cc43edb94e42144729d33PDF downloads:
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