In Night, Elie Wiesel writes about his experience during the Holocaust, including his time at Aushwitz. In the link below, you can find Sheena Blackwell's "Of Aushwitz," a long poem comprised of seven smaller poems. Her writing can be connected to Wiesel's, as they both take place at Aushwitz, and it can be found at the poemhunter site linked below.

Night is a text commonly taught in schools. As a result, teachers have given poetry assignments, and students have been inspired to write poems in reaction to reading Wiesel's account. In 2007, students at Montgomery Blair High School had some of their "found poems" published in the Silver International Newspaper. A "found poem" is a collection of words and phrases from the source text (Night) that the students strung together in their own order. These poems are linked below.

Some additional poems about the Holocaust can be...