Poems from singing behind the barbed wire
TitlePoems from singing behind the barbed wire
Author
Call number940.5318/0223
Object number04298j
Place of publicationEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
PublisherUniversity of Alberta Press
Year of publication
2000
Physical descriptionpp140-144
MaterialArticle
ISBN0888643373
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust's ghost' pp140-144
Description
Offers translated samplesof the verses composed by teenage Polish Holocaust victims, the sisters Henryka and Alona Karmel. The relevant volume was discovered by Polish theatrical and film director Wojtek Sawa in a Cracow bookstore. We are told the sisters survived the war but their subsequent history is unknown. The poems are less valuable as literature than as reminders that sentiment, romance and sensitivity could co-exist with the horror of the Holocaust.
