These poems are the works of the inmates, survivors, and in some cases bystanders of the concentration camps in Europe during World War II. The works are in English, and German when available and applicable.
I always welcome help with this, specifically poems from this era as well as the poems listed here in their original language.
Night over Birkenau, Tadeusz Borowski
Todesfuge, Paul Celan
Terezin, unknown
Terezin, Hanus Hachenburg
He Was Lucky, Anna Swirszczynska
The Passion of Ravensbrück, János Pilinszky
The Butterfly, Pavel Friedmann
The Closed Town, unknown
Pigtail, Tadeusz Rózewicz
A Letter to Daddy, unknown
A Cartload of Shoes, Abraham Sutzkever
Clouded Sky, Miklós Radnóti
The Confession, Julie Heifetz
On the Wall of a KZ-Lager, János Pilinszky
O the Chimneys, Nelly Sachs
First They Came for the Jews, Pastor Niemöller
Never Shall I Forget, Elie Wiesel
Testimony, Dan Pagis