What are some poems written by children during the Holocaust?

Question

I have only four so far, and I was hoping to find more so any suggestions on authors, sites, or just the written poems themselves would be a great deal of help! Please respond as soon as possible! Thank you

Answer 1

Well, these could be blank verse poems:

ANONYMOUS GIRL DIARIST FROM THE LODZ GHETTO


“When it's so cold, even my heart is heavy. There is nothing to cook today; we should be receiving three loaves of bread but we will be getting only one bread today. I don't know what to do. I bought rotten and stinking beets from a woman, for 10 marks. We will cook half today and half tomorrow. Does this deserve to be called life?”
Anonymous girl diarist, March 6, 1942

“Beautiful, sunny day today. When the sun shines, my mood is lighter. How sad life is. When we look at the fence separating us from the rest of the world, our souls, like birds in a cage, yearn to be free. Longing breaks my heart, visions of the past come to me. Will I ever live in better times?”
Anonymous girl diarist, March 7, 1942


“Everyone was going in the same direction, rushing toward the same goal, the dirtiest, ugliest quarter of the city, a place with no sewers and paved with cobblestones.... The ghetto.”
Irena Aronowicz, age 15, spring 1940

“We sewed small dresses, houndstooth pattern. For two years same cut, same dress. I sewed sleeves, small sleeves with a cuff.”
Rut Berlinska, age 13

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“We were scared of all of it. We were scared of Jewish policemen. We were scared of Biebow. We were scared of Rumkowski. We were scared of Sonderkommando. We were scared -- always we were scared.”
Chaim Cale, age 13

I wanted to go to school not so much to learn, but to eat the soup and not be frozen.”
Chaim Cale, age 13


For more of these, please go to the first website listed below.

Here's a book:

"I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezín Concentration Camp, 1942-1944, edited by Hana Volavková. Paperback from Schocken Books, NY; C. 1978, Paperback. 80 pages.
I Never Saw Another Butterfly is captivating and lovely children's' poems and drawings, carefully selected from the archives of the State Jewish Museum in Prague, combining images of hope with the reality of their surroundings in Terezín concentration camp in Czechoslovakia from 1942-1943. Recommended for all ages."
Link 2 for the above.

Answer 2

Holocaust Children Poems

Answer 3

This Site Might Help You.

RE:
What are some poems written by children during the Holocaust?
I have only four so far, and I was hoping to find more so any suggestions on authors, sites, or just the written poems themselves would be a great deal of help! Please respond as soon as possible! Thank you

Answer 4

"Ring Around the Rosie" actually was a children's nursery rhyme WAY before the Holocaust (around the 1300's). As for children's poetry during the Holocaust, look at the book "I Never Say Another Butterfly" it is a collection of poems, stories, and art by children in the Terizin ghetto.

Answer 5

i don't know if you could call it a poem but the well know childrens game in which "ring around the rosy" is sung has its roots with children in the holocaust concentration camps...pretty disturbing huh. I thought I'd mention it because so many songs come from poetry.

Answer 6

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