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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
I never saw another butterfly I never saw another butterfly Fritz Eichenberg A collection of drawings and poems done by the children in a Nazi concentration camp, expressing their thoughts and feelings about life as it was for them. OL15878777W
What world is left What world is left Monique Polak Anneke, a Dutch Jewish teenager, is sent with her family to Theresienstadt, a "model" concentration camp, where she confronts great evil and learns to do what it takes to survive. OL15973579W
Ein Buch für Hanna Ein Buch für Hanna Mirjam Pressler Als de Tweede Wereldoorlog uitbreekt, vlucht Hanna (14) naar Denemarken. Enkele jaren later vallen de Duitsers Denemarken binnen en wordt Hanna naar het concentratiekamp Theresienstadt gedeporteerd. … OL19951732W
Triumph of Hope Triumph of Hope Margot Bettauer Dembo,Ruth Elias Ruth Elias was a Jewish woman who was born Ruth Huppert in Moravian Ostrava on 6 October 1922. After the German annexation of Czechoslovakia, she was sent to the Theresienstadt ghetto and then Auschw… OL20139287W
Drawing the Holocaust Drawing the Holocaust Michael Kraus xvi, 128 pages : 24 cm OL20211525W
Terezin Terezin Ruth Thomson Tells the story of Terezín, a small fortress town in the Czech Republic that the Nazis turned into a ghetto, renaming it Theresienstadt. Here, they imprisoned thousands of Jews during the Second Worl… OL20829205W
A century of wisdom A century of wisdom Caroline Stoessinger At 108 years old, the pianist Alice Herz-Sommer is an eyewitness to history. She has seen it all, surviving the Theresienstadt concentration camp, attending Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem, and along t… OL20861724W
A sparrow in Terezin A sparrow in Terezin Kristy Cambron "Two women, one in the present day and one in 1942, each hope for a brighter future. But they'll both have to battle through their darkest days to reach it. Today. With the grand opening of her new g… OL21730355W
Durst, Musik, Geheime Dienste Durst, Musik, Geheime Dienste Herbert Thomas Mandl This is an autobiographical novel by Tommy Mandl (1926-2007), a musician, philosopher, author and psychologist. Mandl was a Czechoslovak Jew who grew up in the vibrant German-Jewish culture of prewa… OL2486088W
Dancing on a powder keg Dancing on a powder keg Weber, Ilse "Endorsed by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, as a unique document with literary value, Ilse Weber's letters and poems, 1933-1944, record with vivid immediacy the lives of her smal… OL27739005W
I Am a Star--Child of the Holocaust I Am a Star--Child of the Holocaust Inge Auerbacher The author's reminiscences about her childhood in Germany, years of which were spent in a Nazi concentration camp. Includes several of her original poems. OL3535830W
I Am a Star I Am a Star Inge Auerbacher Inga Auerbacher's childhood was as happy and peaceful as any other German child's--until 1942. By then, the Nazis were in power, and she and her parents were rounded up and sent to a concentration ca… OL3535831W
Theresienstadt, 1941–1945 Theresienstadt, 1941–1945 H. G. Adler "First published in 1955, with a revised edition appearing five years later, H.G. Adler's Theresienstadt, 1941-1945 is a foundational work in the field of Holocaust studies. As the first scholarly mo… OL4411329W
Fireflies in the dark Fireflies in the dark Susan Goldman Rubin Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. Includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from … OL55736W
Brundibar Brundibar Tony Kushner Aninku and Pepicek find their mother sick one morning. The doctor says they need to buy her milk to make her better, but they have no money. They try to make some by singing in the town square, but a… OL775597W