Yiddish poetry from the Holocaust

I gave a talk at the Holocaust Centre NZ last month on Yiddish poetry from the holocaust, as translated by my mother, Dr Sarah Traister Moskovitz (z”l). The presentation discusses the history of the Poetry in Hell and The Song Remains collections, and readings of several of the poems in English and Yiddish. You can…

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Poetry in Hell

I’ve just finished helping my Mom (Dr Sarah Traister Moskovitz) publish a web site containing what might be considered to be her Magnum Opus. Poetry In Hell is the culmination of ten years of research into the poets of the Warsaw Ghetto, and their poetry rescued in buried milk cans from the Ringelblum Archives.  My…

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