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The poem evokes the experience of reading Bruce Dawe's book of poems Sometimes Gladness in a Sydney bookshop, its dedication 'To Saint Maximilian Kolbe' bringing to mind Kolbe's death in Auschwitz and atrocities of the 20th century. It ends on a note of hope raised by the thought of Jesus Christ's presence in human history.
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English translation of the title: Ecce Homo on the road to Jerusalem
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English translation of first line: I open another book in the small bookshop
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Epigraph: 'Jezus więc wyszedł na zewnątrz, w koronie
cierniowej i płaszczu purpurowym.
Piłat rzekł do nich : "Oto Człowiek".[sic]
Ewangelia wg Św. Jana 19,5
['So Jesus went outside, in the crown
of thorns and crimson cloak.
Pilate said to them : "Behold the Man".[sic]
Gospel acc to St. John 19 : 5]
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Subjects:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
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Auschwitz-Birkenau,
Occupied Poland (1939-1945),
cPoland,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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Krakow,
cPoland,cEastern Europe, Europe,
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