A person would have to have a heart of stone to read this book without the tears flowing. Its a good introduction to terezin theresienstadt and to the holocaust too. Before leaving terezin for going to her final destiny, she rescued 4. It contains a total of 4387 drawings by jewish children who passed through the terezin ghetto during the second world war. In october 1944, aged 15, she and her mother were moved to auschwitz.
A woman friedl dicker brandeis dedicated her time during the internment teaching stealthily art and paintingas evasive therapy for many of those kids. The story of children deported to the terezin ghetto. Childrens literature, the body of written works and accompanying illustrations. Discover the best childrens art books in best sellers. And luckily, an inspiring crop of childrens books were published in 2017 with wee art lovers in. Especially when you see things like the drawing of jana hellerova, who was sent to terezin at the age of 5, and died in auschwitz at the age of 6.
The book tells us that of the 15,000 children sent to terezin, only 100 survived. Childrens drawings from the terezin ghetto, 19421944. Here are 70 childrens books that feature famous artists. Comprised of 19 sections, this exhibition outlines the story of jewish children deported to the terezin ghetto during the second world war. So why not nurture the creativity in your little one with these seven art books for kids. Ive read so many books about theresienstadt, the model ghetto concentration camp the nazis set up for jews, a large preponderance of them artists, musicians, etc. Books, both fiction and nonfiction, either about or set in the nazi ghetto theresienstadt, also known as terezin. Dreams of theresienstadt children on display in drawings.
Although most are written for grades k6, dont let that stop you from using them in your. Dreams of theresienstadt children on display in drawings exhibit artwork at pragues jewish museum was saved by friedl dickerbrandeis, who taught secret art classes at nazi camp and hid the. This is the largest collection of childrens drawings from the period of the shoah in the world. The best new childrens books for budding art lovers artsy. This heartbreaking picture book tells the children s story by focusing on their remarkable art teacher, friedl dickerbrandeis, a jewish artist from czechoslovakia, who took art supplies and books with her to the concentration camp and ran secret classes for the children. On december 4th, 1941 she and her parents were interned at terezin.
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