Poem
Amstardam 1943
| Title | Amstardam 1943 |
|---|---|
| Author | Gearailt Mac Eoin |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labhraí Loingseach | 1988 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #461
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Labhraí Loingseach |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 1988 |
| Publisher | Coiscéim (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 26-27 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
|---|---|
| War / Genocide Referenced | |
| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | The speaker of the poem describes a scene in Herengracht, Amsterdam, during World War II. Three Jewish men, well-dressed and married, meet up on Tuesday morning to smoke a single cigarette between themselves. The Star of David - forced upon Jews as a form of ID by the Nazis - is notably mentioned in the poem. By the conclusion of the poem, at the end of the month, the three men have not reappeared. The speaker of the poem hears a tale that they were exported off to some faraway place on a train - clearly a reference to the Holocaust. The date of the poem, 1943, is significant. In this year, the Nazis undertook three major raids in Amsterdam, with hundreds of Jewish people being deported off to the concentration camps. |
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