Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Exploring Jewish Learning and Culture


Special Program

Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Program

Poetry of the Holocaust
New Texts and Enduring Debates

Sunday, May 4

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Poet Joy Ladin and DePaul University professor Eric Selinger explored Holocaust poetry, including Ladin’s own remarkable work, The Book of Anna, a collection of narrative poems and diary entries written in the voice of a fictional Czech-German Jewish concentration camp survivor.

An open discussion and booksigning followed.

Made possible with support from the Bernard and
Rochelle Zell Center for Holocaust Studies at Spertus.


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