March 1951, Family from Romania, after Disembarking from an Immigrant Ship, Israel

“My life started from the end
first I have known death, then - birth
I was growing amidst hatred, in the kingdom of destruction
only to learn later about creation
breathing bleakness, fires, deterioration of feeling
this was the atmosphere of my childhood [..]
My life began from the end and just then
everything returned to the beginning,
I was resurrected.
It was all not in vain, not in vain, 
because goodness is not less powerful then evil 
in me is strength too 
I am the proof.”

What is Halina Birenbaum trying to tell us in her poem? Think of the difficulties facing the family in the photograph. Note also their clothing, belongings, and other details in the photograph.