Segen der Nacht — Georg Kafka

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Georg Kafka, Segen der Nacht (Blessing of the Night) Written in Theresienstadt.

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Night Blessing (for Georg Kafka)

Night Blessing (for Georg Kafka)

Georg Kafka (1921–1944) Segen der Nacht (Blessing of the Night) Georg Kafka was a young poet and writer imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto. He wrote Segen der Nacht here in 1944: an intimate, searching poem in which darkness, faith and the presence of God become intertwined. This recording places Kafka’s words within the hidden prayer room created by Artur Berlinger — a small space of worship concealed within a courtyard in the ghetto. In September 1944, Kafka was deported from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz with his mother, whom he chose to accompany when she was selected for transport.

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