Children in the Holocaust and World War II : their secret diaries

Format:

Book

Title:

Children in the Holocaust and World War II : their secret diaries

ISBN:

9780671520540

9780671520557

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xxi, 409 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm

Contents:

Janine Phillips : Poland, 10 years old -- Ephraim Shtenkler : Poland, 11 years old -- Dirk Van der Heide (pseudonym) : Holland, 12 years old -- Werner Galnik : Germany, 12 years old -- Janina Heshele : Poland, 12 years old -- Helga Weissova-Hoskova : Czechoslovakia, 12 years old -- Dawid Rubinowicz : Poland, 12 years old -- Helga Kinsky-Pollack : Austria, 13 years old -- Eva Heyman : Hungary, 13 years old -- Tamarah Lazerson : Lithuania, 13 years old -- Yitskhok Rudashevski : Lithuania, 14 years old -- Macha Rolnikas : Lithuania, 14 years old -- Charlotte Veresova : Czechoslovakia, 14 years old -- Mary Berg (pseudonym) : Poland, 15 years old -- Ina Konstantinova : Russia, 16 years old -- Moshe Flinker : Belgium, 16 years old -- Joan Wyndham : England, 16 years old -- Hannah Senesh : Hungary and Israel, 17 years old -- Sarah Fishkin : Poland, 17 years old -- Kim Malthe-Bruun : Denmark, 18 years old -- Colin Perry : England, 18 years old -- The unknown brother and sister of Lodz Ghetto : Poland, unknown age and 12 years old.

Summary:

An anthology of twenty-three diaries written during the Holocaust by children, some of whom were later murdered by the Nazis.

Subject(s):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.

Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Diaries.

Genre:

Added Author:

Holliday, Laurel, 1946-

Added Corporate Author:

Mazal Holocaust Collection.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Salem Main Library	940.531809 Children 1995	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Newberg Public Library	940.5318 CHILDREN	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

A collection of diary entries by young people gives their views of the Holocaust and World War II.

Summary

Children in the Holocaust and World War II is an extraordinary, unprecedented anthology of diaries written by children all across Nazi-occupied Europe and in England.

Twenty-three young people, ages ten through eighteen, recount in vivid detail the horrors they lived through. As powerful as The Diary of Anne Frank and Zlata's Diary , children's experiences are written with an unguarded eloquence that belies their years.

Some of the diarists include: a Hungarian girl, selected by Mengele to be put in a line of prisoners who were tortured and murdered; a Danish Christian boy executed by the Nazis for his partisan work; and a twelve-year-old Dutch boy who lived through the Blitzkrieg in Rotterdam. And many others. These heartbreaking stories paint a harrowing picture of a genocide that will never be forgotten, and a war that shaped many generations to follow.

All of their voices and visions ennoble us all.

Author Notes

Laurel Holliday, formerly a college teacher, editor, and psychotherapist, now writes full time in Seattle. She is the award-winning author of the Children of Conflict series: Children in the Holocaust and World War II: Their Secret Diaries; Children of The Troubles: Our Lives in the Crossfire of Northern Ireland; Children of Israel, Children of Palestine: Our Own True Stories ; and Children of the Dream: Our Own Stories of Growing Up Black in America. Laurel Holliday is also the author of Heartsongs, an international collection of young girls' diaries, which won a Best Book for Young Adults Award from the American Library Association.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

YADiary entries written by young people in ghettos, concentration camps, cities, and a Copenhagen prison camp offer insightful comments and glimpses of life during World War II. Each selection is introduced by a brief biography that includes the author's name, country, age, family circumstances before and during the war, and concludes with circumstances of death or postwar life. Nine girls and 14 boys, Jews and gentiles, aged 10 to 18, are featured. Teens should be interested in reading about the sexploits of Joan Wyndham, a 16-year-old London resident; her suburban neighbor, Colin Perry, 18, and his detailed recording of air raids; resistance fighter Hannah Senesh, 17; and Danish spy Kim Malthe-Brun, 18. A good selection for YAs interested in the experiences of their agemates from other times, the Holocaust, life during war, or those in need of a collective biography.Barbara Hawkins, Oakton High School, Fairfax, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.