(Wish we never had to sing this song
But we have to, 'cause we must never forget)
I was twenty-five in berlin '38
I had just bought a little store
And the war was close
Then I met her, rebekah
With her wonderful smile
And I was in love, and she was in love
The future was ours
We married soon, and joseph and sarah came
And we loved them so, our dream came true
Clouds gathered dark, I couldn't understand it
I simply didn't see it, I should have
But I didn't
Under the star, my heart beats there
It was just because of the star
Next year in jerusalem
Next year in jerusalem
And late one night, I woke up from the
Noise in the street
People were shouting
People were running in the stairs
They knocked on the door
And then they came rushing in
With guns and no compassion
They said, you have to come
One suitcase and that's all
You must go now
We ran down the stairs
Joseph wasn't fast enough
They kicked him and he fell
And he was only three
I picked him up, and took him in my arms
They took us to the train
They packed us like cattle
Rebekah squeezed my hand she said:
We must stay together
No matter what happens
How can I describe
Cause when we arrived, they took
Rebekah and the children aside
And we all cried
She looked at me
I'll never forget her eyes
She said, I'll take care of the children
And then they were gone, gone
Next year in jerusalem
Next year in jerusalem
We must not forget, we can never forget
Because of the star
We must not forget
It did really happen
