Poetry
A poem can often sum up in a few words a range of experiences and emotions. The inclusion of a poem in a commemorative event can add poignancy and help to aid understanding of complex issues.
The poems included here represent a variety of experiences of the Holocaust and more recent genocides, including alienation, persecution, life in concentration camps and ghettos and life as a refugee.
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We Remember Them - Sylvan Kamens & Rabbi Jack Riemer
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We Are The Shoes - Moshe Szulsztein
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Two Suitcases - Moniza Alvi
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There Is a Last Solitary Coach - David Vogel
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The Butterfly - Pavel Friedmann
Poem by Pavel Friedmann, a young Jewish man who spent time in both the Theresienstadt Ghetto and Auschwitz
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Terezin - Michael Flack
Terezin by Michael Flack
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Silent Friend - Soheila Ghodstinat
Silent Friend by Soheila Ghodstinat
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Race - Karen Gershon
Race by Karen Gershon
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Never Shall I Forget - Elie Wiesel
Never Shall I Forget by Elie Wiesel
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It's Going to Rain - Valdemar Kalinin
Poem by Valdemar Kalinin
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First They Came - Pastor Martin Niemoller
Poem by Pastor Martin Niemoller
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Children of Rwanda - Reverend Francois Murenzi
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Belsen Silence - Iolo Lewis
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Auschwitz Remembered - Nikki van der Zyl
