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Book

Interrupted lives : nine stories of child survivors of the Holocaust

Call Number

  • J 940.5318 INTE (CEN, EAS, OSH)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis : Kar-Ben Publishing, [2025]

Physical Description

71 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Audience

Grades 4-6 Kar-Ben Publishing ®.

Summary

"After surviving World War II and the Holocaust as children, nine survivors share their memories in first-person interviews"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

  • Accept and Try to Reconcile / Adele Zaveduk
  • Try to Be Optimistic in Life / Barney Sidler
  • Play Your Part / Eric Blaustein
  • Treat Others as You'd Like to Be Treated / Ernie Heimann
  • Learn from the Past / Frank Stern
  • Fight for Your Rights / Judy Straus
  • Never Again / Magda Brown
  • Help a Stranger / Rodi Glass
  • Adapt to Survive / Ruth Stern.

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