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Editor's note
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Writing in 2001, the Dutch poet Chawwa Wijnberg, whose father was executed by the Nazis, spoke about the unspeakable horror of the Holocaust. “Always present is the unsaid / the unsaid / that rips the wound open”. While we may never be able to fully fathom the true extent of the atrocities, today – 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz – we are reminded of the importance of talking and confronting these things as the world once again faces the rise of anti-Semitism and far-right populist movements.
Writing about the tradition of Holocaust poetry, Marian de Vooght sheds light on the many different groups who were persecuted by the Nazi regime and the power that continues to be found in the reclamation of their voices. Among those voices are those of the Roma and Sinti people, 500,000 of whom were killed in a genocide that is rarely spoken of.
As this shows, there is still much of this terrible history to confront. This includes the physical evidence yet to be discovered from the many understudied sites across Europe. Such archaeological findings may come to play a key role in future Holocaust education, which has, until now, primarily depended upon the testimonies of survivors. However, as fewer and fewer remain with us educators must look to different methods of teaching and
also consider how best to preserve their voices and use those of their children.
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Naomi Joseph
Commissioning Editor, Arts + Culture
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In the Living Quarters by Bedrich Fritta portrays Terezín (Theresienstadt) ghetto where early Holocaust poetry was written.
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Marian de Vooght, University of Essex
Holocaust poetry has been written for the last 90 years by people all over the world, in many different languages and by many different groups.
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Roma or Sinti girl imprisoned in Auschwitz. Pictures taken by the SS for their files.
Wiener Holocaust Library Collections
Barbara Warnock, University of Cambridge
Up to 500,000 Roma and Sinti were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.
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William Mitchell, Staffordshire University
As the last survivors die out, it is more important than ever to uncover physical evidence of Nazi atrocities.
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Holocaust survivor Janine Webber (British Empire Medal) being filmed for the forever project.
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Sara Jones, University of Birmingham
Survivors voices are central to Holocaust education, but as their numbers dwindle educators must work to preserve their testimonies and bring in the second generation.
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