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When asked about the best Holocaust books for teens, curators at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, pointed to Wiesel’s 1960 account of surviving Nazi death camps as a teenager.
American children reading this book might be startled to learn about the segregation, the yellow stars, and the rules prohibiting even such things as ice-skating for the Jewish children.
Instead of the more well-known Holocaust books such as The Diary of Anne Frank and Night by Elie Wiesel — which are, of course, critical reads — you may not have heard of the books below.
Liesbeth Heenk speaks at Rodeph Shalom on the importance of Holocaust memoirs amidst rising antisemitism globally.
These books circulated at Brandeis for decades. A trove of Holocaust history was hidden in the pages. As the final generation of Holocaust survivors passes on, the books will remain as ‘material ...
Now, to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, Yad Vashem is inaugurating its Book of Names — a monumental installation containing the names of 4,800,000 victims of the Shoah ...
Holocaust ‘Book of Names of Holocaust Victims’ Opens at United Nations Marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day. By. Hana Levi Julian - 5 Shevat 5783 – January 26, 2023. 0.
Koestler’s holocaust was also that of much of European civilization, and Koestler has already borne eloquent witness to it in half a dozen political novels (The Gladiators, Darkness at Noon) and ...
Inspired Life He was killed in the Holocaust. His family just got back his book of scripture. Bela Englman’s family had no record of him, no birth certificate or photograph to prove that he was ...
We asked Tina Ferguson, owner of Face in a Book bookstore, for recommendations on books for children of all ages to learn more about the Holocaust. Here are Tina's picks: Tina Ferguson ...
The Book of Names will be on display at the United Nations for a month. Afterward it will be transferred to its permanent location at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem, ...