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the Holocaust (1
Copy) by Howard Greenfield |
Grade 7 and
Up. With excerpts from personal interviews and more than sixty-five
of the survivors' own black-and-white photographs as well as archival
pictures, Howard Greenfeld's landmark book presents an important
chapter in history: the story of young men and women after the
Holocaust.
Ann, George,
Civia, Alicia, Akiva, Judith, Larry, and Tonia. In many ways,
these young people are just like all of us. But their stories
are extraordinary, because they lived through one of the unspeakable
tragedies in human history -- the Holocaust of World War II.
On May 8,
1945, when the Allies announced the unconditional surrender of
Germany, the war in Europe was over. But the stories of these
eight young survivors were far from over. Often adrift and alone,
they found themselves fighting to survive in a world that didn't
always want them and didn't know where they belonged.
In their own
words, these Holocaust survivors describe their journeys after
liberation, from hiding places and concentration camps through
displaced persons camps, illicit border crossings, emigration,
and beyond. (amazon.com)
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World History,
Standard 10
An Era of Global Conflicts, Challenges, Controversies, and Changes:
1900 to the Present
WH.10.4 Trace
and explain the antecedents, causes, major events, and global
consequences of World War II, including the Holocaust. (Civics
and Government; Individuals, Society, and Culture)
Reading level
would allow students in earlier grade levels to read this as a
supplement to The Diary of Anne Frank in a Holocaust unit, but
for history teachers, this book would be an excellent resource
for older students trying to grasp the broader world wide consequences
of the Holocaust. The individual accounts personalize the tragedy,
and the black and white photos are extremely moving.
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