A Jewish Cemetery Near Leningrad Poem Analysis

We choose the reading prompts, A Jewish Cemetery Near Leningrad written by Josef Brodsky, and Bitburg written by Elie Wiesel. Both writings are similar in many ways despite being written by different authors. One is a poem, the other a speech, but they both express the emotional rollercoasters the Jews went through during the Holocaust. Not only are they both similar, but they’re also similar to the book, Night, written by Elie Wiesel.
A Jewish Cemetery Near Leningrad focuses on the broken hope of holocaust victims. The author represented this with the line, “They just laid themselves in the cold earth like seeds”. It represents the victims dying away as objects controlled by the Nazi Army. The poem stated “they paid the taxes, respected the law, and in this unavoidably material world pored over the Talmud idealists to the end,” closer to the end of the poem describes the Jews as “material decay,” representing how the Jews humanity was taken from them. In Night written by Elie Wiesel shows how the Jews were dehumanized by becoming a code of numbers and letters instead of having a name, being
Bitburg is about the president of the United States coming to Germany, to show support in ending the war. Elie gave a speech stating the quote “Jews were killed by the enemy but betrayed by their so-called allies, who for political reasons to justify their indifference or passivity”. This quote stands out because it portrays how the only promise kept to the Jews was their captor. Similar to the quote “I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.” Bitburg is similar to Night, since they were written by Elie Wiesel, they have similar wordings. Elie, stands out to me as an astounding author. He puts emotion into his words, and makes a image so vivid, I often have to sit back and process what I have