Muza artystów jako poetka Zagłady. O Pieśniach żałobnych getta Izabeli Gelbard

Abstract

The article presents the volume of Izabela Gelbard (Stachowicz) poetry entitled, The Ghetto Sorrow Songs – the author's only poetic collection. The text analyses the status of the lyrical subject, considers genre issues, as well as the subject of the collection. Gelbard brought to life her sorrow songs to share everyday existence and dispair of the inhabitants of the Warsaw Ghetto in the Holocaust turmoil. The songs are written from a time perspective and are a personal memory of people known to the author who died in the ghetto. A common feature of all portraits created by Gelbard is the character of the described person, who is a model of dignified behavior, for whom the ghetto experience does not change the hierarchy of basic values – like family, love, caring, honor. The characters created by Gelbard confirm their heroism not in great deeds, but in everyday situations.