Category: Holocaust Literature

Robert Eaglestone on “Poetry After Auschwitz: Walking in West Cornwall with the Ghost of Great-Aunt Hilde”

Written by Robert Eaglestone
December 12, 2024

Holocaust poetry is hard to write and can horrify for the wrong reasons: the “so-called artistic rendering of the naked physical pain of those who were beaten down by rifle butts contains, however distantly, the … Keep reading

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Shylock’s Shadow: Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ and the Nazi takeover of theatres

Written by Aimie Allen
September 6, 2023

In 1933, the Nazi Party sought to control every aspect of German culture, including theatre. Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice was appropriated by the Ministry of Propaganda to spread antisemitic propaganda. Keep reading

Memorial Gestures – Laura Fisher

Written by Laura Fisher
February 9, 2023

Hello, I’m Laura Fisher! I am honored to have been chosen to create artistic responses to the archive at Holocaust Centre North through the Memorial Gestures artist’s residency, and I’m excited to introduce myself to … Keep reading

‘After The War’: Writing about the Holocaust

Written by Tom Plamer
January 25, 2022

Before I began working on my book After the War I was nervous. How was I going to write about children who had suffered unthinkably during and after the Holocaust? It was only because I … Keep reading

The Problem with ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’

Written by Hannah Randall
September 17, 2019

John Boyne’s novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ was first published in 2006 and adapted into a best-selling film two years later. It is an international best-seller and as of 2016 it had sold … Keep reading

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