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Memorial Book of the Communities Dobrzyn-Gollob, Poland - Translation of Ayarati; sefer zikaron le-ayarot Dobrzyn?-Golub... Memorial Book of the Communities Dobrzyn-Gollob, Poland - Translation of Ayarati; sefer zikaron le-ayarot Dobrzyń-Golub (Hardcover)
M Harpaz; Translated by Allen Flusberg
R1,492 Discovery Miles 14 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
From Things Lost - Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of the Holocaust (Hardcover): Shirli Gilbert From Things Lost - Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of the Holocaust (Hardcover)
Shirli Gilbert
R1,671 R1,483 Discovery Miles 14 830 Save R188 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In May 1933, a young man named Rudolf Schwab fled Nazi-occupied Germany. His departure allegedly came at the insistence of a close friend who later joined the Party. Schwab eventually arrived in South Africa, one of the few countries left where Jews could seek refuge, and years later, resumed a relationship in letters with the Nazi who in many ways saved his life. From Things Lost: Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of the Holocaust is a story of displacement, survival, and an unlikely friendship in the wake of the Holocaust via an extraordinary collection of letters discovered in a forgotten trunk. Only a handful of extended Schwab family members were alive in the war's aftermath. Dispersed across five continents, their lives mirrored those of countless refugees who landed in the most unlikely places. Over years in exile, a web of communication became an alternative world for these refugees, a place where they could remember what they had lost and rebuild their identities anew. Among the cast of characters that historian Shirli Gilbert came to know through the letters, one name that appeared again and again was Karl Kipfer. He was someone with whom Rudolf clearly got on exceedingly well-there was lots of joking, familiarity, and sentimental reminiscing. ""That was Grandpa's best friend growing up,"" Rudolf's grandson explained to Gilbert; ""He was a Nazi and was the one who encouraged Rudolf to leave Germany. . . . He also later helped him to recover the family's property."" Gilbert takes readers on a journey through a family's personal history wherein we learn about a cynical Karl who attempts to make amends for his ""undemocratic past,"" and a version of Rudolf who spends hours aloof at his Johannesburg writing desk, dressed in his Sunday finest, holding together the fragile threads of his existence. The Schwab family's story brings us closer to grasping the complex choices and motivations that-even in extreme situations, or perhaps because of them-make us human. In a world of devastation, the letters in From Things Lost act as a surrogate for the gravestones that did not exist and funerals that were never held. Readers of personal accounts of the Holocaust will be swept away by this intimate story.

Hank Brodt Holocaust Memoirs - A Candle and a Promise (Hardcover): Deborah Donnelly Hank Brodt Holocaust Memoirs - A Candle and a Promise (Hardcover)
Deborah Donnelly
R689 Discovery Miles 6 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Krynki In Ruins (Hardcover): A Soifer Krynki In Ruins (Hardcover)
A Soifer; Translated by Beate Schutzmann-Krebs; Cover design or artwork by Nina Schwartz
R1,190 R1,013 Discovery Miles 10 130 Save R177 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hitler As the Anti-Christ of This Age, the Jews, the Gays, the Other-Abled, the Coming Messianic-Age and the Last Day... Hitler As the Anti-Christ of This Age, the Jews, the Gays, the Other-Abled, the Coming Messianic-Age and the Last Day (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Tom J Kuna-(Jacob)
R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Will To Tell (Hardcover): Yitzhak Weizman The Will To Tell (Hardcover)
Yitzhak Weizman; Cover design or artwork by Jan Fine; Edited by Leon Zamosc
R972 R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Save R144 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Numbers on My Parents' Arms (Hardcover): Jerry Bagel The Numbers on My Parents' Arms (Hardcover)
Jerry Bagel
R613 R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Save R51 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Searching for Home - The Impact of WWII on a Hidden Child (Hardcover): Joseph Gosler Searching for Home - The Impact of WWII on a Hidden Child (Hardcover)
Joseph Gosler
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Memorial Book of the Community of Chorzel (Chorzele, Poland) - Translation of Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Chorzel (Hardcover): L... Memorial Book of the Community of Chorzel (Chorzele, Poland) - Translation of Sefer zikaron le-kehilat Chorzel (Hardcover)
L Losh; Translated by Jerrold Landau, Miriam Leberstein
R1,301 R1,108 Discovery Miles 11 080 Save R193 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Trauma, Memory, and the Art of Survival - A Holocaust Memoir (Hardcover): Gabriella y Karin Trauma, Memory, and the Art of Survival - A Holocaust Memoir (Hardcover)
Gabriella y Karin; Edited by Lisa Rojany; Designed by Benjamin Karin
R1,056 Discovery Miles 10 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Remembering Ravensbruck - Holocaust to Healing (Hardcover): Hess Remembering Ravensbruck - Holocaust to Healing (Hardcover)
Hess
R769 Discovery Miles 7 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Never to Forget: the Jews of the Holocaust (Paperback, Harper Trophy ed.): Milton Meltzer Never to Forget: the Jews of the Holocaust (Paperback, Harper Trophy ed.)
Milton Meltzer
R377 R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Six million-- a number impossible to visualize. Six million Jews were killed in Europe between the years 1933 and 1945. What can that number mean to us today? We can that number mean to us today? We are told never to forget the Holocaust, but how can we remember something so incomprehensible?

We can think, not of the numbers, the statistics, but of the people. For the families torn apart, watching mothers, fathers, children disappear or be slaughtered, the numbers were agonizingly comprehensible. One. Two. Three. Often more. Here are the stories of thode people, recorded in letters and diaries, and in the memories of those who survived. Seen through their eyes, the horror becomes real. We cannot deny it--and we can never forget.

‘Based on diaries, letters, songs, and history books, a moving account of Jewish suffering in Nazi Germany before and during World War II.’ —Best Books for Young Adults Committee (ALA). ‘A noted historian writes on a subject ignored or glossed over in most texts. . . . Now that youngsters are acquainted with the horrors of slavery, they are more prepared to consider the questions the Holocaust raises for us today.’ —Language Arts. ‘[An] extraordinarily fine and moving book.’ —NYT.

Notable Children's Books of 1976 (ALA)
Best of the Best Books (YA) 1970–1983 (ALA)
1976 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
Best Books of 1976 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1976 (NYT)
Notable 1976 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
1977 Jane Addams Award
Nominee, 1977 National Book Award for Children's Literature
IBBY International Year of the Child Special Hans Christian Andersen Honors List
Children's Books of 1976 (Library of Congress)
1976 Sidney Taylor Book Award (Association of Jewish Libraries)

Kristina - A young SS guard in WWII faces the horrors of war as Germany is torn apart by her enemies. (Hardcover): Peter... Kristina - A young SS guard in WWII faces the horrors of war as Germany is torn apart by her enemies. (Hardcover)
Peter Loughran
R810 Discovery Miles 8 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Holocaust Memoirs of a Bergen-Belsen Survivor & Classmate of Anne Frank (Hardcover): Nanette Blitz Konig Holocaust Memoirs of a Bergen-Belsen Survivor & Classmate of Anne Frank (Hardcover)
Nanette Blitz Konig
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Doorway to Heroism - A decorated German-Jewish Soldier who became an American Hero (Hardcover): W Jack Romberg A Doorway to Heroism - A decorated German-Jewish Soldier who became an American Hero (Hardcover)
W Jack Romberg
R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rescued from the Ashes - The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto (Hardcover): Leokadia Schmidt Rescued from the Ashes - The Diary of Leokadia Schmidt, Survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto (Hardcover)
Leokadia Schmidt; Translated by Oscar E Swan
R845 Discovery Miles 8 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Resistance and Death in the Czenstochower Ghetto - Translation of Vidershtand Un Umkum in Czenstochower Ghetto (Hardcover):... Resistance and Death in the Czenstochower Ghetto - Translation of Vidershtand Un Umkum in Czenstochower Ghetto (Hardcover)
Liber Brener; Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund; Cover design or artwork by Rachel Kolokoff Hopper
R955 Discovery Miles 9 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Modernist in Exile - The International Reception of H. G. Adler (1910-1988) (Hardcover): Lynn L. Wolff A Modernist in Exile - The International Reception of H. G. Adler (1910-1988) (Hardcover)
Lynn L. Wolff
R2,611 Discovery Miles 26 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Zbaraz Memorial Book (Zbarazh, Ukraine) - Translation of Sefer Zbaraz (Hardcover): Moshe Sommerstein The Zbaraz Memorial Book (Zbarazh, Ukraine) - Translation of Sefer Zbaraz (Hardcover)
Moshe Sommerstein; Translated by Yaacov David Shulman; Cover design or artwork by Nina Schwartz
R1,096 R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Save R160 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Yekaterinoslav-Dnepropetrovsk Memorial Book (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) - Translation of Sefer Yekaterinoslav-Dnepropetrovsk... Yekaterinoslav-Dnepropetrovsk Memorial Book (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) - Translation of Sefer Yekaterinoslav-Dnepropetrovsk (Hardcover)
Zvi Harkavi, Yaakov Goldburt; Translated by Yocheved Klausner
R1,238 R1,056 Discovery Miles 10 560 Save R182 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Jewish Community of Roman (Roman, Romania) - Translation of Obstea Evreiasca? Din Roman (Hardcover): Pincu Pascal The Jewish Community of Roman (Roman, Romania) - Translation of Obstea Evreiascaă Din Roman (Hardcover)
Pincu Pascal; Edited by Yocheved Klausner
R1,086 R931 Discovery Miles 9 310 Save R155 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Understanding and Teaching the Holocaust (Hardcover): Laura Hilton, Avinoam Patt Understanding and Teaching the Holocaust (Hardcover)
Laura Hilton, Avinoam Patt
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Few topics in modern history draw the attention that the Holocaust does. The Shoah has become synonymous with unspeakable atrocity and unbearable suffering. Yet it has also been used to teach tolerance, empathy, resistance, and hope. Understanding and Teaching the Holocaust provides a starting point for teachers in many disciplines to illuminate this crucial event in world history for students. Using a vast array of source materials-from literature and film to survivor testimonies and interviews-the contributors demonstrate how to guide students through these sensitive and painful subjects within their specific historical and social contexts. Each chapter provides pedagogical case studies for teaching content such as antisemitism, resistance and rescue, and the postwar lives of displaced persons. It will transform how students learn about the Holocaust and the circumstances surrounding it.

The Book of Radom (Hardcover): Y Perlow, Alfred Lipson The Book of Radom (Hardcover)
Y Perlow, Alfred Lipson; Cover design or artwork by Rachel Kolokoff Hopper
R2,346 R1,956 Discovery Miles 19 560 Save R390 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Living among the Dead - My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength (Hardcover): Adena Bernstein... Living among the Dead - My Grandmother's Holocaust Survival Story of Love and Strength (Hardcover)
Adena Bernstein Astrowsky
R648 R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 Save R62 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sounds Sounds from Silence - Reflections of a Child Holocaust Survivor, Psychiatrist and Teacher (Hardcover): Robert Krell Sounds Sounds from Silence - Reflections of a Child Holocaust Survivor, Psychiatrist and Teacher (Hardcover)
Robert Krell
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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