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Todesfuge (1944–45)
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Black milk of daybreak we drink it at evening we drink it at midday and morning we drink it at night we drink and we drink we shovel a grave in the air there you won’t lie too cramped A man lives in…

Contributor:

Paul Celan

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1952

Subjects:

Holocaust, Fascism, Jewish identity, Death, Torture

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Farewell, You Cheerful Folk of France
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Farewell, you cheerful folk of France, My brethren’s merry throng, A foolish nostalgia drives me hence, I’ll be back, though, before long. Imagine—I yearn beyond belief For the smell of heather and…

Contributor:

Heinrich Heine

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1835

Subjects:

Family, Migration, Food and drink

Categories:

Literature, Poetry