 Goes's first volumes of poetry were "Verse" in 1932 and "Der Hirte" ("The Herdsman") in 1934.The story "Unruhige Nacht" ("Restless Night") was published in 1950.The novel "Das Brandopfer" ("The Burnt Offering") examined the Holocaust during the Third Reich from the perspective of an ordinary butcher's wife, who eventually tries to find justice by sacrificing herself.