The most famous poem of the Holocaust

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    Abramovich, D
    Date
    2020-11-09
    Source Title
    Mentalities = Mentalites
    Publisher
    The Institute for the History of Mentalities
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Abramovich, Dvir
    Affiliation
    School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
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    Abramovich, D. (2020). The most famous poem of the Holocaust. Mentalities = Mentalites, 33 (1), pp.1-14
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/252719
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    Abstract
    The essay examines “Death Fugue” Paul Celan’s most celebrated and anthologised poem, and a work which has become the most famous work of the Holocaust. Today, every German pupil knows the text since it is required reading in German high schools and often quoted in art and film, it has been canonised to the extent that it is part of the official ritual of remembrance in Germany. The article explores how Death Fugue” is a meditation on the directly the annihilation of European Jewry, using an intermix of metaphors, mysterious imagery , associations and biblical and modern themes to produce a work of art of unparalleled power.

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