| We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust Contributor(s): Boas, Jacob (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312535678 ISBN-13: 9780312535674 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Jewish teenagers David, Yitzhak, Moshe, Eva, and Anne all kept diaries and were all killed in Hitler's death camps. These are their stories, in their own words. Author Jacob Boas is a Holocaust survivor who was born in the same camp to which Anne Frank was sent. Includes a photo insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Holocaust - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 970 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.54" W x 8.18" (0.42 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Catalog Heading - Biographies - Curriculum Strand - Biographies |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 14905 Reading Level: 7.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The five diarists in this book did not survive the war. But their words did. Each diary reveals one voice, one teenager coping with the impossible. We see David Rubinowicz struggling against fear and terror. Yitzhak Rudashevski shows us how Jews clung to culture, to learning, and to hope, until there was no hope at all. Moshe Ze'ev Flinker is the voice of religion, constantly seeking answers from God for relentless tragedy. Eva Heyman demonstrates the unquenchable hunger for life that sustained her until the very last moment. And finally, Anne Frank reveals the largest truth they all left for us: Hitler could kill millions, but he could not destroy the human spirit. These stark accounts of how five young people faced the worst of human evil are a testament, and an inspiration, to the best of the human soul. |
Contributor Bio(s): Boas, Jacob: - Jacob Boas is the author of the young adult book We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust. A Holocaust survivor who was born in a concentration camp, Boas has a Ph.D. in modern European history and is a historian, writer, and translator. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife. |