Unbearable (21) News (11)
In front of us flames, we had arrived at Birknau, reception for Auschwitz (26)
"Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!"(22)
The heat, the thirst, the pestilential stench (24)
It seemed like an eternity to me (29)
"Do you see those flames? That's your grave"(28)
"Poor devils, you're going to the crematory."(33)
"Not cry? We're in the threshold of death"(33)
Never shall I forget these things. (32)
Two questions I would like to ask the Holocaust survivors on Monday are:
1. How did you endure all of the pain and injustice you were experiencing? What thing, person, or idea kept you going, motivated to live?
2. How old were you when the Holocaust occurred? Does any one memory from that time still in your mind today?
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Denise: I like your first question. It's about courage and faith and hope. I think we may hear a lot about it on Monday. See you then. Good questions.
ReplyDeleteYour poem really shows a lot of information about the gas chambers. It must have been hard to find all those lines that apply to that, but I think it is a really good poem. I also really like how the poem seems like a thought that Elie had, the last line tells the reader this was what he thought and saw.
ReplyDeleteThe Found poem mainly centered on the crematory being the "threshold of death", and it gave intense details to what Elie's point of view was at the time.
ReplyDeleteTo me, it seemed to be a flashback, where Elie recalls different people saying their advice, yet that appealed to me. It was a creative poem.