Janka Hescheles’ 'Locomotive' (to Bełżec) Cover Image

Janka Hescheles’ 'Locomotive' (to Bełżec)
Janka Hescheles’ 'Locomotive' (to Bełżec)

Author(s): Arkadiusz Morawiec
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Polish Literature, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Julian Tuwim; Janka Heschele; Locomotive; Locomotive (to Bełżec);

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns the influence of the most famous Polish poem for children: Lokomotywa by Julian Tuwim, particularly in three “Holocaust” paraphrases of this work, written by children in the ghetto and the concentration camps – the poems Lokomotywa by Jerzy Ogórek, Pociągu świst by Jerzy Orłowski, and especially Bełżec by Janka Hescheles.

  • Issue Year: 36/2016
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 161-178
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English