The author of this work identifies himself with both Jesus Christ and Alfred Dreyfuss, the latter "hounded, spat on and slandered."
The author of this work identifies himself with both Jesus Christ and Alfred Dreyfuss, the latter "hounded, spat on and slandered." He also seems to be a "young boy in Byelostok," who is beaten and witnesses his mother's rape during a pogrom. He also identifies himself with Anne Frank, "transparent as a branch in April." Most importantly, he identifies with the 34,000 Jews who in September 1941 were taken and shot in a ravine outside of Kiev. FTP, name this 1961 poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, which inspired the thirteenth symphony of Shostakovitch.
The author of this work identifies himself with both Jesus Christ and Alfred Dreyfuss, the latter "hounded, spat on and slandered."
Babi Yar