Children with a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe
Deborah Dwork, "Children with a Star: Jewish Youth in Nazi Europe"
English | ISBN: 0300054475 | | 380 pages | PDF | 44 MB
English | ISBN: 0300054475 | | 380 pages | PDF | 44 MB
“The little children had little parents in the [twins’] block [in Auschwitz]. For example, I was a little mama for twins, two girls named Evichka and Hanka…My sister was the mother for Hanka and I was the mother for Evichka…Evichka told me that she got a mother and a father, but that they had gone away on transport. The twins were four years old. I said to her, ‘I will be your mother.’ She said, ‘But you are only sixteen years old; it doesn’t matter?’ I said, ‘No, it doesn’t matter because it is more important that we are together and that we are not alone. You have a mother and I have a daughter.’” ―Magda Magda Somogyi
Many books have been written about the experiences of Jews in Nazi Europe. None, however, has focused on the persecution of the most vulnerable members of the Jewish community―its children. This powerful and moving book by Deborah Dwork relates the history of these children for the first time.
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