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Child prodigy and devotee of Jules Verne, fourteen-year-old Petr Ginz was forced from his home in Prague to Theresienstadt. Packing his unfinished manuscript and art supplies, Petr made plans to continue his academic studies and artistic endeavors in this ghetto. He inspired other boys to contribute to a secret magazine that he started and edited. In 2000 two Czech astronomers discovered an asteroid that was later named Petrginz in honor of this young man who was fascinated with the cosmos.
lyrics
Young da Vinci, Petr Ginz
Now called number 446
Leaving Prague on a forced trip
October of ’42
For a train to Theresienstadt
Kept a log as he quietly packed
Ten-kilo limit carefully tracked
Art supplies he’d need
His precious suitcase he hoped to find
Jules Verne favorites left behind
Packed paper and thin leather to bind
With tools to illustrate
Wizards and mountains, his manuscript
Linocut knives for rocket ships
For woodcuts he was well-equipped
To carve calm lines in space
Petr Ginz, an artist, writer
Here became a freedom fighter
He led his peers, these brave young men
With old typewriter, pencils, pen
Linocut knives had schooled his heart
Traveling far through Jules Verne’s art
He drew maps of worlds, Moon Landscape, charts
A private universe left behind
They forged a secret magazine
He loved this world he’d barely seen
Forced on a train he left Terezin
September of ’44
Petr Ginz, 1880 his number
No provisions for food or slumber
Forced on a trip to unfamiliar parts
He’d made his life a work of art
An asteroid named Petrginz
Of bold achievement this name hints
He knew Jules Verne’s space frontiers
Lines in space beyond his years
Asteroid 50413
In orbit a lasting memory
His private universe in poetry
Lines in space, Petr’s spheres
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