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I never saw another butterfly : children's drawings and poems from Terezín Concentration Camp, 1942-1944 / edited by Hana Volavková.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Czech Publication details: New York : Schocken Books, 1993.Edition: Expanded 2nd ed. / by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ; foreword by Chaim Potok ; afterword by Vaclav HavelDescription: xxii, 106 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0805210156 (pbk.)
  • 0805241159
  • 9780805210156 (pbk.)
  • 9780805241150
Uniform titles:
  • Dětské kresby na zastávce k smrti, Terezín, 1942-1944. English.
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Contents:
A Note from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -- Foreword / Chaim Potok -- Children's Drawings and Poems, Terezin, 1942-1944 -- Catalog of Drawings -- Catalog of Poems -- Epilogue / Jiri Weil -- Afterword / Vaclav Havel.
Summary: A selection of children's poems and drawings reflecting their surroundings in Terezín Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia from 1942 to 1944. Fifteen thousand children under the age of fifteen passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp. Fewer than 100 survived. In these poems and pictures drawn by the young inmates, we see the daily misery of these uprooted children, as well as their hopes and fears, their courage and optimism. 60 color illustrations.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 940.5318 D483 Available 33111004790453
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Fifteen thousand children under the age of fifteen passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp. Fewer than 100 survived. In these poems and pictures drawn by the young inmates, we see the daily misery of these uprooted children, as well as their hopes and fears, their courage and optimism. 60 color illustrations.

A Note from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -- Foreword / Chaim Potok -- Children's Drawings and Poems, Terezin, 1942-1944 -- Catalog of Drawings -- Catalog of Poems -- Epilogue / Jiri Weil -- Afterword / Vaclav Havel.

A selection of children's poems and drawings reflecting their surroundings in Terezín Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia from 1942 to 1944. Fifteen thousand children under the age of fifteen passed through the Terezin Concentration Camp. Fewer than 100 survived. In these poems and pictures drawn by the young inmates, we see the daily misery of these uprooted children, as well as their hopes and fears, their courage and optimism. 60 color illustrations.

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