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Abraham Sutzkever

Abraham Sutzkever (1913-2010) was an acclaimed Yiddish-language poet. He has been described as “the greatest poet of the Holocaust.”

  • ‘Malines were built everywhere: underneath ruined buildings, in cellars, underneath garbage dumps, in caves, and everywhere else imaginable’
    ‘Malines were built everywhere: underneath ruined buildings, in cellars, underneath garbage dumps, in caves, and everywhere else imaginable’
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    Malines

    An excerpt from the great Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever’s memoir of the Vilna Ghetto

    byAbraham Sutzkever
  • Barnett Newman (American, 1905-1970), Untitled, 1961
    Barnett Newman (American, 1905-1970), Untitled, 1961
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    A Black Angel With a Pin in His Hand

    A story of eternal life and sewing, by the Yiddish master

    byAbraham Sutzkever
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