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When I Am Silent by Joan C. Varner is an absolutely beautiful song, two-part treble choir, about Auchwitz. Joan, herself, on the front page of the piece, says it best herself, "In the fall of 1994, while on a tour of Eastern Europe, I spent a day at the site of the Nazi concentration camp in Auchwitz, Poland. Even though I had studied the history and knew the facts, I was unprepared for the strong feelings I experienced there. I was especially moved by the pictures lining the walls of one of the former 'dormitories,' pictures of young women and teenage boy and girls who died there. The pictures loked like my students, young people with their lives still in front of them. But these young people had no chance to see their future. I was hunted by the picture of one especially beautiful young girl, and in the days which followed, as I thought about the things she might have enjoyed and the life which was cruelly taken from her, the words and music for 'When I Am Silent' evolved. The song is dedicated to this girl and all young people everywhere whose lives are taken unjustly. Sing it for them!"