War Crise: Unheard Voices, Unmarked Graves is a collection of original poems written from the first-person perspective of those whose lives were changed forever or lost during WWII and the Holocaust in Europe. The “voices” telling their stories are people very much like ourselves — men, women, children, siblings, poets, students, professionals, laborers, givers, takers, jokers, dancers, lovers, dreamers, cowards, and the brave. As in life each is the hero of his own tale. The characters speaking through the poems include in part Jews in ghettos in camps and hidden from view soldiers, resistance fighters, a boat captain who ferries Jews from Denmark to Finland, conscience objectors, religious leaders, and private citizens. Caught up in the hell of WWII, each struggles to find perspective in the chaos. Their stories paint a picture of war that can’t be captured by statistics. Their heartbeats drive each poem.
- From the Publisher
May 16, 2017
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