Holocaust Poetry

Holocaust Poetry is a lasting and solemn tribute to the memory of the past and to the hope of the future. Behold, God of Abraham, God of mercy, Open your eyes as you have opened mine, Open your eyes and see what I have seen... --Elie Wiesel She felt a kind of envy for Those who stood naked in their truth: Where to be one of her people was To be one of those millions killed. --Stephen Spender And death looks on with a casual eye and picks at the dirt under his fingernail. --Anne Sexton Consider whether this is a man. Who labors in the mud Who knows no peace Who fights for a crust of bread Who dies at a yes or a no. --Primo Levi The volume includes 119 poems and the voices of 59 poets.