Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust - Softcover

Meltzer, Milton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0064461181 ISBN 13: 9780064461184

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1991

Synopsis

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)

About this title

Product Description:

Paperback. Pub Date: 1991 09 Pages: 240 Publisher: Harper Collins 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 suf...

Synopsis:

Describes Hitler's rise, the extermination of Europe's Jews, and the slow emergence of resistance, and includes first-hand accounts of ghetto life and death-camp terror.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0064461181
• ISBN 13: 9780064461184
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 217