Question

Which excerpt from the poem “Tattoo” by Gregg Shapiro is a symbol for the Holocaust experience?

“blue as blood on his left forearm”
“spilling his protection, like acid”
“I am drowning in his silence”
“Questions choke me”

Answer 1

@charlotte123

Answer 2

@shelbygt520

Answer 3

Greg Shapiro's poem "Tattoo" is about his Holocaust-surviving father!
In the Holocaust - Many died of exposure, disease, and starvation.
I'm stuck between answers 1 and 2.........

Answer 4

Looking at the whole poem ~ I would have to say that the answer is A!

Answer 5

During the Holocaust, concentration camp prisoners received tattoos only at one location, the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, which consisted of Auschwitz I (Main Camp), Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau), and Auschwitz III (Monowitz and the subcamps). Incoming prisoners were assigned a camp serial number which was sewn to their prison uniforms. Only those prisoners selected for work were issued serial numbers; those prisoners sent directly to the gas chambers were not registered and received no tattoos.

Answer 6

Tattoos and numbers were the system of identifying prisoners at Auschwitz!
Blue as blood on his left forearm --> What came before this? 3 – 7 – 8 – 2 – 5 between the wrist and elbow!

Answer 7

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