‘I Searched for Words’: Holocaust Survivor Poetry in Postwar Association Journals

Extensive focus has been given to the development of a post-Holocaust genre poetry, often by those who are not survivors Shoah. This article notes distinction between Holocaust poetry (poems on theme Holocaust) and that is authored their families, nuance goes unrecognized in wider literature. foregrounds importance as just testimonial device these contexts, but way align past with present create sense wholeness completion an individual survivor’s life while reflecting challenges cohesion. utilizes spouses from survivor association journals UK such ‘45 Aid Society Association Jewish Refugees explore value personal reflection manifested creative poetic expressions.