Holocaust By Barbara Sonek Analysis

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The extermination of several Jews and how they lost their hopes and dreams is outlined in the poem Holocaust by Barbara Sonek in 1942.

The poem displays how the Holocaust took lives of millions of people who were going to do great things and lead wonderful lives, but resulted in being reduced to nothing but ashes. It humanizes an event which is far greater than number and statistics. It sympathizes with the victims and gains a true understanding of how life was like during that time.

The poem also relates and contrasts back to another survivor in the Holocaust, Max Vandenburg. Max Vandenburg had almost nothing after the death of her father who had tried to save him during World War 1, but ended up dying at the time when he was born. Hope