The Star

Posted on 22 November 2024 by Jedidjah de Vries — 1 min

My grandparents were in the resistance during WWII. They mostly forged and printed identity documents and ration cards. At the end of 1944 they produced a booklet containing a short story by Vikenty Veresaev called «The Star». A few years ago I translated it from their Dutch edition into English. And now you can read it too. I don't entirely understand why, in such a dark hour, they chose to use precious resources to share this particular haunting story.

The Star — screen
The Star — print

At the top is the text The Star. by Vikenty Veresav. There are thin black horizontal lines, at the top the gaps between them are fairly wide and the lines get closer and closer together towards the bottom. In the bottom right, there is a dark gray six pointed star like the ones the Nazis made the Jews wear. It looks like it's trapped behind the lines, like behind bars."