Alfred Gudeman (August 26, 1862 – 9 September 1942) was an American-German classical scholar.
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from Columbia University in 1883 and studied under Hermann Diels at the University of Berlin. From 1890 to 1893 he was reader in classical philology at Johns Hopkins University, from 1893 to 1902 professor in the University of Pennsylvania, and from 1902 to 1904 professor in Cornell University.
Gudeman died in the Nazi Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942.
Warcry like a thunder hums in your ears
Peace and silence of the past suddenly disappear
End of life, end of an era, crushed to conqueror feet
Burning sky is the sign when other nations bleed
The haven of your life, turns into flaming hell
Torturing and murdering, none left behind to tell
With the dawn of pain, they arrive across the seas
They are the disease, poisoning your future dreams
Conceited, unknown power watch ancient city wails
Isolated, surrounded by hatred, tainted with crucifying nails
The havoc is hiding behind holy sins on the sails
Noble glory covers the world by ornamental blood trails
Hate of a stranger lay upon your world
Convicted to vanish, they will kill you all
Run and hide, but this time you can't win
Everything different to them is a threat and a sin
You opened the gate and they came to take it all