Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 184234952X
The Magician of Auschwitz
Kathy Kacer
The Magician Of Auschwitz
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The Magician of Auschwitz
Kathy Kacer
Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1927583462
The Magician of Auschwitz by Kathy Kacer Pdf
A young boy, all alone amid the horrors of Auschwitz, finds an unlikely friend in the form of a magician who changes his life and his future.
The Secret of Gabi's Dresser
Kathy Kacer
Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-04-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781926739649
The Secret of Gabi's Dresser by Kathy Kacer Pdf
Gabi is a young Jewish girl living in Czechoslovakia during the time of the Holocaust. Gradually life is getting harder and harder. Jews are bullied at school, they can't visit each other at a certain time, they have to walk everywhere, they are not allowed to go to non-Jewish stores, and finally Gabi's best friend deserts her because she is Jewish. One day, the Nazis start visiting all the houses looking for Jewish children. In a tremendous act of courage, Gabi's mother protects Gabi from the soldiers by hiding her in their dining-room dresser. This is the story of author Kathy Kacer's own mother, who was the real-life Gabi. The only thing retrieved from their family's home after the war was the dresser that saved Gabi's life. It now sits in author Kathy Kacer's home in Toronto.
The Librarian of Auschwitz
Antonio Iturbe
Author : Antonio Iturbe
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781627796194
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe Pdf
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope. This title has Common Core connections. Godwin Books
To Look a Nazi in the Eye
Kathy Kacer
Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781772600414
To Look a Nazi in the Eye by Kathy Kacer Pdf
The true story of nineteen-year-old Jordana Lebowitz’s time at the trial of Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", a man charged with being complicit in the deaths of more than 300,000 Jews. A granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Jordana was still not prepared for what she would see and hear. Listening to Groening’s testimony and to the Holocaust survivors who came to testify against him, Jordana felt the weight of being witness to history – a history that we need to remember now more than ever.
To Hope and Back
Kathy Kacer
Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781926920405
To Hope and Back by Kathy Kacer Pdf
Lisa and Sol board the luxury ocean liner St. Louis in Hamburg, Germany on May 13, 1939. Lisa and her family are in first class; Sol and his parents are below in tourist class. Both children have mixed feelings Ð theyÕre excited to be beginning this voyage to a better life, but sad to be leaving their old lives behind. They are Jewish, as are almost all of the 937 passengers on board, and although war has not been officially declared in Europe, the Nazis have been persecuting Jews for years. As the ship sets sail for Cuba, the atmosphere is optimistic. The passengers feel fortunate to have been able to buy landing permits, and their German captain, Gustave Shrder, is determined to get them to safety. The captainÕs voice alternates with Sol and LisaÕs, revealing the details they didnÕt know. As HitlerÕs propaganda machine turns Cuba against them, the mood on board changes to despair. The St. Louis and its Jewish passengers are turned away Ð first from Cuba, then the United States, and then Canada. This was the tragic true history of the St. Louis. Denied entry from port after port, the captain was forced to return his passengers to Europe, where many died in the Holocaust. Through the eyes of Sol and Lisa Ð both of whom survived the war and shared their experiences with Kathy Kacer Ð we see the injustice and heartbreak that were caused by the prejudice and ignorance of so many.
The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story
Nechama Birnbaum
Author : Nechama Birnbaum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 949323181X
The Redhead of Auschwitz: A True Story by Nechama Birnbaum Pdf
Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome of places: Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Rosie's head is shaved and along with the loss of her beautiful hair, she loses the life she once cherished. Among the chaos and surrounded by hopelessness, Rosie realizes the only thing the Nazis cannot take away from her is the fierce redhead resilience in her spirit. When all of her friends conclude they are going to heaven from Auschwitz, she remains determined to get home. She summons all of her courage, through death camps and death marches to do just that. This victorious biography, written by Nechama Birnbaum in honor of her grandmother, is as full of life as it is of death. It is about the intricacies of Jewish culture that still exist today and the tender experiences that are universal to all humanity. It is a story about what happens when we choose hate over love.
Night Spies
Kathy Kacer
Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-05-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781926739458
Night Spies by Kathy Kacer Pdf
Based on real events and real characters! It is the middle of World War II, and Gabi and her mother have been lucky so far, eluding the grasp of Nazi soldiers who are sending Jewish people away to unknown fates. But she, her mother and her young cousin, Max, realize that they will never be safe in their town. With the help of a trusted friend, a kind-hearted priest and a poor yet brave farming family, they go into hiding in a tiny mountain village. It takes great willpower and patience to endure months of fear in their cramped hiding space at the back of a barn. But one night, Gabi and Max can't stand the confinement any longer, and they sneak out for the first of many secret nighttime walks. Deep in the forest, the children make a discovery that turns out to be very useful to the anti-Nazi partisan soldiers camped out nearby. Through their new roles as scouts for the partisans, Gabi and Max find strength and courage, and a renewed sense of hope in dark times.
Hiding Edith
Kathy Kacer
Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781926739311
Hiding Edith by Kathy Kacer Pdf
The remarkable true story of a young girl named Edith and the French village of Moissac that helped her and many other children during the Holocaust. The town's mayor and citizens concealed the presence of hundreds of Jewish children who lived in a safe house, risking their own safety by hiding the children from the Nazis in plain site, saving them from being captured and detained and most certainly saving their lives.
Shanghai Escape
Kathy Kacer
Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 13-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781927583111
Shanghai Escape by Kathy Kacer Pdf
Shanghai, China is a strange place for a young Jewish girl from ViennaÉ But that is where Lily Toufar finds herself in 1938. She and her family have left their home to find safety far away from Europe, where Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party are making life unbearable for Jews. TheyÕve had to travel fast Ð Lily even had to leave behind most of her toys and books Ð but here she feels free from danger. Despite their hopes, it quickly turns out that all is not safe in Shanghai. Now that the area is controlled by Japan, whose leaders support Hitler, the local government orders Jewish refugees, including Lily and her family, to move into a ghetto in an area of the city called Hongkew. Once again Lily wonders what will happen next. Life changes for Lily and her family when they are forced to the over-crowded ghetto. There is little food to eat, and many people become sick. Lily remains hopeful, but when rumors begin to circulate that Jews may be in as much danger here as they were in Europe, she wonders if she will ever feel truly safe and at home again. Based on a true story.
Restitution
Kathy Kacer
Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926920122
Restitution by Kathy Kacer Pdf
Based on the true story of a Jewish family's fight to regain a symbol of their lost life, Restitution begins in Prague on the eve of the Nazi invasion. The Reesers know that they must flee Czechoslovakia, but first they deliver their valuable oil paintings into the hands of a Christian colleague for safekeeping. Led by their intrepid matriarch, Mari Reeser, the family make their escape under the nose of the Nazis, arriving in Canada just days before WWII begins. Despite a successful new life in Toronto, the Reesers never forgot what was left behind. When peace returned to Europe, Mari fought for the return of the paintings, only to be thwarted by the Communist regime. Hope sparked again in 1989 when Mari's son, Karl Reeser, received a letter saying the paintings were his if he could retrieve them. Finding all legal means closed to him, he traveled to Prague to make one last try. Here, fate intervened with an unlikely savior named Richard VandenBosch, an official at the Canadian Embassy. Together, he and Karl manage to retrieve the paintings and secrete them in the embassy. The final hurdle -- how to get the paintings to Canada? -- is solved by a resourceful art dealer and smuggler named Theofil Kral, whose honest desire to help the Reeser family restore a symbol of their vanished life sees the four paintings returned to them at last.
Clara's War
Clara Kramer,Stephen Glantz
Author : Clara Kramer,Stephen Glantz
Publisher : Emblem Editions
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781551993683
Clara's War by Clara Kramer,Stephen Glantz Pdf
“You lose your loved ones, and still you want to live.” On 21 July 1942, the Nazis reached the small Polish town of Zolkiew. Life for fifteen-year-old Clara Kramer would never be the same. While those around her were either slaughtered or transported, three families found perilous refuge in a hand-dug cellar. Hers was one of them. Living above and protecting them were the Becks. Mrs. Beck had been the families’ maid. Mr. Beck was alcoholic and a self-professed anti-Semite, yet he risked his life to keep his charges safe. But survival under his protection proved to be anything but predictable. Whether it was his nightly drinking sessions with officers of the SS in the room just above or his torrid affair with one of the hiding women, it seemed that Clara and the others often had as much to fear from Beck as they did from the war. Clara’s mother told her to keep a diary while they lived in the bunker in order to fill her time and “so the world would know what happened to us.” Over sixty years later, Clara Kramer has finally turned those diaries into a compelling and heartbreaking memoir — a story of love and memory and survival.
Hidden on the High Wire
Kathy Kacer
Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781772602524
Hidden on the High Wire by Kathy Kacer Pdf
Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her family’s circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wire...until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitler’s Nazis has put them all in grave danger. When the circus is forced to shut down and Irene’s father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus. Every day is a frightening new kind of balancing act, caught between the desire to perform and the need to hide—even in plain sight.
Surviving the Angel of Death
Eva Kor,Lisa Buccieri
Author : Eva Kor,Lisa Buccieri
Publisher : Tanglewood Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781933718576
Surviving the Angel of Death by Eva Kor,Lisa Buccieri Pdf
Describes the life of Eva Mozes and her twin sister Miriam as they were interred at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust, where Dr. Josef Mengele performed sadistic medical experiments on them until their release.
Erika's Story
Ruth Vander Zee
Author : Ruth Vander Zee
Publisher : The Creative Company
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781566602402
Erika's Story by Ruth Vander Zee Pdf
Erika's Story is one woman's account of the tragedy of the Holocaust. Erika is a survivor who recalls the difficult decisions her parents had to make and how those decisions have affected her life. Erika has a quiet hope and confidence which is sure to inspire readers. The exquisite illustrations of Roberto Innocenti are poignant and moving. The combination of words and pictures in this book speak not only to the reader's head but also to the heart. The foreign rights to Erika's Story have been sold in eleven countries.