Library's review
This is the story of Terezín, a town in Czecho - slovakia, which the Nazis turned into a ghetto and then a camp where they imprisoned Jews during World War II. A moving and pow - erful story, told through the diary entries and artwork of those who were imprisoned.
Genres
Publication
Candlewick Press (2011), 64 pages
Description
Through inmates' own voices--from secret diary entries and artwork to excerpts from memoirs and recordings narrated after the war--"Terezin" explores the lives of Jewish people in one of the most infamous of the Nazi transit camps.
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (Nonfiction — 2011)
Orbis Pictus Award (Honor — 2012)
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction (Nominee — 2012)
CCBC Choices (2012)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0763649635 / 9780763649630
DDC/MDS
| 940.53 |
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