The Hidden Children of the Holocaust: Teens Who Hid from the Nazis (Teen Witnesses to the Holocaust)

Kustanowitz, Esther

ISBN 10: 0823925625 ISBN 13: 9780823925629

Publisher: Rosen Pub Group, 1999

Synopsis

In their own words, details the experiences of Jewish teenagers hiding from the Nazis

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From School Library Journal:

Grade 5-8-Although these three books provide a somewhat fragmented description of how the Holocaust affected children and teenagers, they clearly document the courageous heroism of both young Jewish survivors and young gentiles who helped Jews hide from the Nazis. The texts also illustrate how rare this was because of the willing (and often enthusiastic) collaboration between the Nazis and civilians in Nazi-occupied countries such as France and Poland. In the Ghettos, the most cohesive of the three, relates harrowing accounts written by the courageous survivors of the Lodz, Theresienstadt, and Warsaw ghettos. Rescuers presents the stories of teenagers who were assisted by gentiles in Poland, Denmark, and Germany. The first-person narratives in Hidden Children are especially effective in personalizing the experiences of Jewish teens whose lives parallel Anne Frank's tragic story. The texts are complemented by remarkable, clear, and heartrending photo documentation of the genocide, and the layouts have a variety of fonts and black-and-white shading. The pictures alone will leave indelible impressions on young readers.
Jack Forman, Mesa College Library, San Diego
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rosen Pub Group
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0823925625
• ISBN 13: 9780823925629
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64