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Thank you, NetGalley, for the opportunity to read and to review this work. It is May 1944, isabella's birthday, when she, her mother, brother, and four sisters, along with the remaining Jews in a ghetto in Hungary, are removed and sent to Auschwitz. Immediately following their arrival at the camp,...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley As I start to write this review, the Internet is somewhat imploding because of a comic book. No, the character didn’t come out as guy, and no I don’t really want to talk about because it is dumb. But then you sit and think, and you have to wonder if ...
A Memoir of Auschwitz In her memoir Ms. Leitner uses her writing skills to share with us her wartime experiences when she and her family were taken from their Hungarian home and deported to Auschwitz. The book was first published in 1978 and in 2016 “Open Road Media” provides us with updated digit...
This book is a good introduction of the Holocaust to young readers. The author details the atrocities that took place in a matter of fact and simple way that teaches the truth about Nazi Germany without being too scary for the age group that it is intended for. Very worthwhile read for 3-5 graders i...