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Holocaust poetry and the reclamation of many identities

The first Holocaust poems were written 90 years ago, when the full extent of the horror was yet to be known.

Starting in the 1930s, those first works foreshadowed the catastrophe that was soon to come.

  • Marian de Vooght
  • The Conversation

As the second world war erupted and the Nazi killings began, people continued to write poetry that recorded direct experiences of persecution and…

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