Abraham Sutzkever Book order

July 15, 1913 – January 19, 2010

Abraham Sutzkever was among the rare artists who survived immense devastation. As a writer, he produced some of his most profound poems between 1941 and 1945, forged during the daily miseries of ghetto life and under the constant shadow of death. These works stand as an exceptional testament in the history of art, written not in retrospect but in the crucible of immediate experience. Sutzkever demonstrated that Yiddish verse could meet the highest artistic demands. His ghetto poems are significant not only as acts of resistance but as enduring proofs of the human spirit's resilience, offering subtle power that transcends circumstance and time.

Vierkantige Lettern. Gedichte 1935–1995. Übertragen aus dem Jiddischen von Kurt Kreiler

Grünes Aquarium. Kurze Beschreibungen. Prosastücke. Jiddisch-Deutsch. Umschrift u. Nachw. v. Jost G. Blum

2023
Ode to the Dove
A Yiddish poem by Abraham Sutzkever
Renowned as a profound voice of the Holocaust, this poet's work captures the harrowing experiences and emotions of that dark period. Through evocative language and poignant imagery, the poems delve into themes of loss, resilience, and the human spirit's capacity to endure. The collection serves as both a memorial and a testament to the struggles faced during the Holocaust, offering readers a powerful reflection on history and humanity's enduring quest for meaning amidst suffering.
2021
From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg
424 pages
15 hours of reading
In 1944, Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever was airlifted to Moscow from the forest where he had spent the winter among partisan fighters. He was encouraged by Ilya Ehrenburg to write a memoir. From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg returns readers to a moment when the scale of the Holocaust was first coming into focus, through the eyes of one survivor who attempted to make sense of daily life, resistance, and death in the ghetto.

Ode to the Dove

From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg