Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Survivors - True Stories of Children in the Holocaust by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun
Survivors - True Stories of Children in the Holocaust contains eight stories of children who survived the Holocaust. Each story is different as each child experienced the war and Holocaust in in a unique way. Whether hiding in plain sight by pretending not to be Jewish or fighting in a ghetto or hiding in the attic crawl space of frightened but accomodating neighbours the suffering in the stories is harrowing and strong. The hope (and sometimes lack of hope) brings an appreciation of life and sadness for the family members who were killed.
This book is not too sad because all these children survived but it is a disturbing book filled with acts of cruelty and hate applied to innocent people.
An excellent book for older children or adults. If you are planning on visiting the Holocaust Museum with your children, this would be a good book to read with them to help them realize the extent to which children were affected by the holocaust. The Diary of Anne Frank does not lead one to understand that there were many children in the extermination camps or to understand the many ways that parents worked to keep their children free.
This book is not too sad because all these children survived but it is a disturbing book filled with acts of cruelty and hate applied to innocent people.
An excellent book for older children or adults. If you are planning on visiting the Holocaust Museum with your children, this would be a good book to read with them to help them realize the extent to which children were affected by the holocaust. The Diary of Anne Frank does not lead one to understand that there were many children in the extermination camps or to understand the many ways that parents worked to keep their children free.
# posted by JJ @ 4:54 PM 
