| Description |
xxi, 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 19 cm |
| Note |
"First Washington Square Press trade paperback printing June 1996"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 403). |
| Contents |
Poland / Janine Phillips, 10 Years Old -- Poland / Ephraim Shtenkler, 11 Years Old -- Holland / Dirk Van Der Heide, 12 Years Old -- Germany / Werner Galnik, 12 Years Old -- Poland / Janina Heshele, 12 Years Old -- Czechoslovakia / Helga Weissova-Hoskova, 12 Years Old -- Poland / Dawid Rubinowicz, 12 Years Old -- Austria / Helga Kinsky-Pollack, 13 Years Old -- Hungary / Eva Heyman, 13 Years Old -- Lithuania / Tamarah Lazerson, 13 Years Old -- Lithuania / Yitskhok Rudashevski, 14 Years Old -- Lithuania / Macha Rolnikas, 14 Years Old -- Czechoslovakia / Charlotte Veresova, 14 Years Old -- Poland / Mary Berg, 15 Years Old -- Russia / Ina Konstantinova, 16 Years Old -- Belgium / Moshe Flinker, 16 Years Old -- England / Joan Wyndham, 16 Years Old -- Hungary And Israel / Hannah Senesh, 17 Years Old -- Poland / Sarah Fishkin, 17 Years Old -- Denmark / Kim Malthe-Bruun, 18 Years Old -- England / Colin Perry, 18 Years Old -- Poland / Lodz Ghetto, Unknown Age And 12 Years Old. |
| Summary |
Twenty-three young people, ages ten through eighteen, share their experiences of the war, including Nazi concentration camps, the Warsaw ghetto, bombings, the Nazi blitzkrieg, and betrayal. This book marks the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. It includes 23 diaries written by young people ages 10 to 18 from several countries, including Poland, Holland, and Germany. These touching stories give insight into how people, especially children, survive horror. Some of the diarists are survivors, some are not. In this unprecedented anthology of diaries written by children from across Nazi-occupied Europe and England, 23 boys and girls, aged 10 through 18, recount in vivid detail the horrors they lived through, and sometimes did not survive. With a power that recalls Anne Frank, the diarists record their experiences with an unguarded eloquence that belies their years. |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
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Jewish children -- Diaries.
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| Added Author |
Holliday, Laurel, 1946-
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| ISBN |
0671520555 paperback $12.00 ($16.00 Can.) |
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9780671520557 paperback |
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