Awards
- Winner of LJ Best Reference of 2020 2021
- Winner of LJ Best Reference of 2020 2021 (United States)
Overview
This important reference work highlights a number of disparate themes relating to the experience of children during the Holocaust, showing their vulnerability and how some heroic people sought to save their lives amid the horrors perpetrated by the Nazi regime. This book is a comprehensive examination of the people, ideas, movements, and events related to the experience of children during the Holocaust. They range from children who kept diaries to adults who left memoirs to others who risked (and, sometimes, lost) their lives in trying to rescue Jewish children or spirit them away to safety in various countries. The book also provides examples of the nature of the challenges faced by children during the years before and during World War II. In many cases, it examines the very act of children's survival and how this was achieved despite enormous odds. In addition to more than 125 entries, this book features 10 illuminating primary source documents, ranging from personal accounts to Nazi statements regarding what the fate of Jewish children should be to statements from refugee leaders considering how to help Jewish children after World War II ended. These documents offer fascinating insights into the lives of students during the Holocaust and provide students and researchers with excellent source material for further research.
Full Product Details
Author: Professor Paul R. Bartrop (Florida Gulf Coast University, USA) ,
Eve E. Grimm (Independent Scholar, Australia)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: ABC-CLIO
Weight: 0.936kg
ISBN: 9781440868528
ISBN 10: 1440868522
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 19 October 2020
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Often chilling, sometimes inspiring, inexpressibly moving, this volume. . . .provides an essential record for all readers interested in history, morality, politics, and human nature. - Library Journal Starred Review
"""Often chilling, sometimes inspiring, inexpressibly moving, this volume ... provides an essential record for all readers interested in history, morality, politics, and human nature."" - Library Journal Starred Review"
Often chilling, sometimes inspiring, inexpressibly moving, this volume ... provides an essential record for all readers interested in history, morality, politics, and human nature. - Library Journal Starred Review
Often chilling, sometimes inspiring, inexpressibly moving, this volume … provides an essential record for all readers interested in history, morality, politics, and human nature. * Library Journal Starred Review *
Author Information
Paul R. Bartrop, PhD, is an award-winning Holocaust and genocide scholar and professor of history and director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. Eve E. Grimm is an Australian lawyer with advanced qualifications in law.
