Poetry Writing Activity
Inspire your community, group or organisation to create poetry together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
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Inspire Together- group poetry reading
Poetry is an inspiring way to bring people together to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). This activity will support you to bring your group together to produce a filmed poetry reading, which can be shared as a stand alone film or used in another HMD activity.
Belsen Silence - By Iolo Lewis
This poem was written by Iolo Lewis who served in the British 11th Armoured Division, which liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945.
Refugee Blues by W H Auden
Sheila Hancock reads the poem Refugee Blues by W H Auden.
Colors by Michaella Rugwizangoga
Nina Sosanya reads the poem Colors - A thought to all the survivors of the 1994 genocide by Michaella Rugwizangoga, an award-winning Rwandan poet.
Children of Rwanda - by Reverend Francois Murenzi
It's Going to Rain - by Valdemar Kalinin
Do not ask, by Avram Schaufeld
This poem was written by Avram Schaufeld, who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
There is a Last, Solitary Coach - by David Vogel
Terezin - by Michael Flack
This poem was written in Terezin by Michael Flack in 1944.