Description
The remarkable poem written in Yiddsh by Yitzhak Katzenelson at the time of the Holocaust of the Jews in the second World War (1943), after which the poet and his son were murdered by the nazis. The poem is written in 15 sections, each with 15 quatrains totaling 900 lines. It describes the occupation of Warsaw by the German army and the murder of the Jews, either there or in the concentration camps where they were dispatched. The poem ends with the Jews taking up the gun that symbolizes the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This is a bi-lingual book with the Yiddish appearing next to the English.
Author: Katzenelson Yitzhak
Publisher: Regent Press
Published: 02/01/2021
Pages: 130
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.28d
ISBN13: 9781587905582
ISBN10: 1587905582
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European | German
- Poetry | General