Holocaust poetry?

[Stephen Aubuchon]

Ah - some anthologies I had not seen - thank you.
I recently completed an art photo project where I used
Holocaust poetry and prose as my source of inspiration
to photograph Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek from the
prisoners' perspective. The poetry books used were:

"Holocaust Poetry" - Hilda Schiff, ed; St Martin's Griffin, pub.
"The Auschwitz Poems" - Adam Zych, ed.; Auschwitz-Birkenau State
Museum, pub.

Hope this helps,

stephen

Dave The Daddy wrote:
>
> For my A-Level English coursework I need to complete a final essay which
> discusses 'mans inhumanity to man'. In the essay are a selection of poems
> with War being the main theme. I would like to include a poem about the
> Holocaust, perhaps from a Holocaust survivors point of view, to show how
> innocent people suffered terribly, through torture and loss of loved ones
> etc. If anybody knows any Holocaust poems or sites where I can find some I
> would be incredibally grateful. Also, if you know of any other 'good' poems
> which would be relevant to the title please don't hesitate to post them.
>
> Many thanks,
> Dave
>
> *******************
> From the moderator:
>
> This is an interest of mine, so permit me to use my priviliged position
> here to give you your first reply. Some books I would recommend:
>
> _Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness_, edited by
> Carolyn Forche
>
> _Art from the Ashes: A Holocaust Anthology_, edited by Lawrence L. Langer
>
> _Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust_, edited by Charles
> Fishman
>
> Some especially powerful poets to keep an eye out for include Paul Celan,
> Nelly Sachs, Miklos Radnoti, and Abraham Sutzkever.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Steve
> SCJH Moderator
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[KL EARTH]

Try Charlotte Delbo's writings.

[Naomi Gayle Rivkis]

On 01 Dec 2000 22:19:22 GMT, Dave The Daddy <s...@theovaloffice.co.uk>
wrote:

>From the moderator:
>
>This is an interest of mine, so permit me to use my priviliged position
>here to give you your first reply. Some books I would recommend:
>
>_Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness_, edited by
>Carolyn Forche
>
>_Art from the Ashes: A Holocaust Anthology_, edited by Lawrence L. Langer
>
>_Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust_, edited by Charles
>Fishman

How about including _I Never Saw Another Butterfly_? Children's poems
and other writing and artwork done in the concentration camp at
Theriesenstadt.

-Naomi

[JeffSchan]

A wonderful poet who is also a child survivor is Irena Klepficz (I am pretty
sure that is the correct spelling). Many of her poems deal with the Holocaust
and its aftermath.

Jeffrey Schanzer

[Hartmut Scholz]

Hi Dave

Here are some books in german language:
- Lyrik gegen das Vergessen. Gedichte aus Konzentrationslagern. Mit
Illustrationen von Tina Stolt, hrsg.v. Moll, Michael, Barbara Weiler,
Marburg (Schüren) 1991 (Pb., 174 S.)
- Moll, Michael: Lyrik in einer entmenschlichten Welt.
Interpretationsversuche zu deutschsprachigen Gedichten aus
nationalsozialistischen Gefängnissen, Ghettos und KZ's Frankfurt a.M.
(R.G.Fischer) 1987 (Pb., 308,XIV S.)
- Der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland. Deportationen und Vernichtung in
poetischen Zeugnissen, hrsg.v. Jentzsch, Bernd, München (Kindler) 1979 (Pb.,
164 S.)
- Welch Wort in die Kälte gerufen. Die Judenverfolgung des Dritten Reiches
im deutschen Gedicht, hrsg.v. Seydel, Heinz, Berlin (Verlag der Nation) 1968
(Ln.,585 S.)
- Katzenelson, Jizchak, Wolf Biermann: Dos lied vunem ojsgehargetn jidischn
volk. - Großer Gesang vom ausgerotteten jüdischen Volk Köln (Kiepenheuer &
Witsch) 1994 (Ppbd., 237 S.)

Search in the Internet for "Holocaust poem" "Holocaust poetry" "Paul Celan"
... There are a lot of links.
I hope, I can help you, and you can excuse my terrible english.

Hartmut

"Dave The Daddy" <s...@theovaloffice.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> For my A-Level English coursework I need to complete a final essay which
> discusses 'mans inhumanity to man'. In the essay are a selection of poems
> with War being the main theme. I would like to include a poem about the
> Holocaust, perhaps from a Holocaust survivors point of view, to show how
> innocent people suffered terribly, through torture and loss of loved ones
> etc. If anybody knows any Holocaust poems or sites where I can find some I
> would be incredibally grateful. Also, if you know of any other 'good'
poems
> which would be relevant to the title please don't hesitate to post them.
>
> Many thanks,
> Dave
>
> *******************

> From the moderator:
>
> This is an interest of mine, so permit me to use my priviliged position
> here to give you your first reply. Some books I would recommend:
>
> _Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness_, edited by
> Carolyn Forche
>
> _Art from the Ashes: A Holocaust Anthology_, edited by Lawrence L. Langer
>
> _Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust_, edited by Charles
> Fishman
>

> Some especially powerful poets to keep an eye out for include Paul Celan,
> Nelly Sachs, Miklos Radnoti, and Abraham Sutzkever.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Steve
> SCJH Moderator
> ***************