Poetry - Holocaust

1. Martin Niemöller, ‘First They Came…’
2. Czesław Miłosz, ‘A Poor Christian Looks at the Ghetto’.
3. Paul Celan, ‘Death Fugue’.
4. Elie Wiesel, ‘Never Shall I Forget’.
5. Anthony Hecht, ‘More Light! More Light!’
6. Geoffrey Hill, ‘September Song’.
7. Ruth Fainlight, ‘Archive Film Material’.
8. Primo Levi, ‘The Survivor’.

A collection of Holocaust poems and poetry from the famous poets.

This Holocaust poetry page has been created for students and teachers to present poems about the Holocaust and give background information about the poets and the horrifying circumstances under which their poems were written.