Lisel’s Ocean Rescue recounts the story of Liesl
Joseph, a 10 year old girl aboard the ill-fated MS St. Louis. On
May 13, 1939, together with her parents and 937 other Jewish refugees
they left Germany on the MS. St Louis attempting to seek
temporary asylum in Cuba. Read More: http://www.gihonriverpress.com/liesls-ocean-rescue/
2)
Women of Valor by Joanne Gilbert:
Women of Valor: Polish Resisters to the Third
Reich provides a unique and inspiring perspective on
the extraordinary Jewish and non- Jewish women who risked everything to
defy the Nazis. In this highly readable and educational collection of true
stories, educator, public-speaker and author Joanne D. Gilbert celebrates
the heroines of World War II who not only fought the horrors of
the Holocaust, but survived well into their 80s and 90s—living lives of
commitment to the human spirit and human rights. Read More: http://www.gihonriverpress.com/women-of-valor-resisters-to-the-third-reich/
3) Amidst
the Shadows of Trees by Miriam
Brysk
I was brave, but without
Mama I would die alone. She in turn was afraid that I would die of cold and
hunger. Her thoughts were of me. “Mirele, are you all right?” she asked. “Let
me rub your feet a little.” I remember one specific night, lying with several
people in a pit under the branches of a large spruce tree. The branches helped
protect us from the wind and cold. Suddenly, we heard noises in the distance.
As they came closer, we realized that the sounds were footsteps. Then we heard
men speaking German. Trembling in total fright, we could feel our hearts
pounding. Mama held me tightly, my head buried in her chest. Was this the end?
Did we come this far only to be captured now? Fortunately, there was no moon
that night and the soldiers brought no dogs to sniff us out. They passed only
yards away from us. Had they come earlier during daylight, they would have
noticed our footsteps in the snow. We stayed put all night, our bodies
shivering in the numbing winter cold. The only sound we heard was the howling
of wolves. http://www.gihonriverpress.com/amidst-the-shadows-of-trees/
4)
The Stones Weep by Miriam Brysk and Margaret Lincoln:
Welcomed by educators,
artists, students, historians as well as the Holocaust community, The Stones Weep by Miriam
Brysk and Margaret Lincoln is a uniquely engaging and effective Holocaust
Education book that combines multiple aspects of a survivor’s art—emotional,
impressionistic digital creations—with teacher-created and tested lesson plans
that meet State and National Core Curriculum Standards, including an online
lesson available in Moodle. In so doing, this book provides new perspectives
for teaching and learning about the Holocaust. http://www.gihonriverpress.com/the-stones-weep/
5)
The Tattered Prayer Book by Ellen Bari:
The Tattered Prayer
Book is a gentle introduction to the Holocaust for children
ages 6-10. Ruthie discovers a secret about her father, while looking through a
box of mementos from the “old country.” As her father tells his surprising
story, Ruthie learns a piece of her father’s story, a slice of Jewish history
and the circumstances under which the family fled Nazi Germany. Sharing
the story with Ruthie, allows father to heal and daughter to grow. http://www.gihonriverpress.com/the-tattered-prayer-book/
6) Karski:
How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust by E. Thomas Wood & Stanislaw M. Jankowski: http://www.gihonriverpress.com/karski-one-man-tried-stop-holocaust/
7) Bitter
Freedom: Memoirs of a Holocaust
Survivor written by Jafa Wallach: http://www.gihonriverpress.com/bitter-freedom/
8) Ursula’s
Prism by Anna Block http://www.gihonriverpress.com/ursulas-prism/
9) Silence
Not A Love Story by Cynthia
Cooper: http://www.gihonriverpress.com/silence-not-a-love-story/
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