Todesfuge

The text of Celan's poem "Todesfuge" appears on pp. 6-7. The rest of the book discusses attempts to date the composition of the poem, its relationship to the poems of other poets from Bukovina, its publishing history, and its growing popularity and frequent misuse. Analyzes the literary form and the sources of its effectiveness, emphasizing that Celan did not intend to describe Auschwitz but rather to memorialize the dead.