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A 10 page research paper/essay that discusses and explicates several Holocaust poems from William Heyen's texts, Erika and Shoah Train. The writer argues that Heyen's poetry not only illuminates the nature of the evil that was the Holocaust, but also relates this experience to today's world and the continuing legacy left by this world-altering example of what human beings are capable of perpetuating on each other. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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beings, as well as "what it means to live in a world in which genocide has become rather commonplace" (Totten 30). The prevailing question of the Holocaust and other genocidal
efforts is how such evil can take place. What is the nature of it? Is it inherent in the human soul? The Holocaust poetry of William Heyen does not offer
definitive answers to these questions, but rather reveals multiple perspectives on human nature and its engrained propensity towards violence and evil. Heyens poetry not only illuminates the nature of
the evil that was the Holocaust, but also relates this experience to todays world and the continuing legacy left by this world-altering example of what human beings are capable of
perpetuating on each other. Heyen was born in Brooklyn in 1940 to German parents (Parmet 77). A non-Jew, Heyen had two German uncles who died fighting for
Hitler and a Nazi father-in-law who worked for Goebbels during World War II in the German Propaganda Ministry. In "Stories," Heyen recounts: "Wilhelm was killed in Holland/Hermann over Russia"
and how his fathers eyes would "swell with tears" at the thought his "brothers/are just dead" (Erika 5). As a child, Heyen found swastikas painted on his familys home. He
has written that he remembers his father scraping off or painting over the offending symbols (Parmet 79). Considering this background, it is not surprising that Heyens poetry explores and
expiates his own "sense of personal guilt over the atrocities" (Parmet 79). In his writing, Heyen immerses himself in the hellish world created by his fathers generation, forcing himself and
his readers to explore the nightmare of the Holocaust in all its ramifications, as well as exploring the issues of Gentile-Jewish relations and the meaning of the Holocaust for
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