A German Requiem Comments
It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down.
It is not the houses. It is the spaces in between the houses.
It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist.
It is not your memories which haunt you.
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Having friends who were soldiers in WWIo, in Iraq. I saw then experience what this poem describes so powerfully. Ray could not bring himself to talk about liberating a concentration camp
I my opinion A German Requiem stands as one of the finest achievments in post WW2 poetry.
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7/25/2025 10:40:13 AM # 1.0.0
It was too painful even after 50 years.