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Publication
Tricycle Press (2003), Hardcover, 48 pages
Description
A biography of the Jewish heroine, Luba Tryszynska, who saved the lives of more than fifty Jewish children in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the winter of 1944/45.
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2006)
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
National Jewish Book Award (Winner — Illustrated Children's Book — 2004)
Oregon Book Awards (Winner — 2004)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — Picture Book — 2004)
Oregon Spirit Book Award (Winner — 2005)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2004)
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LibraryThing member hjyamamoto
Jewish girl saves fifty children in concentration camp
LibraryThing member alisiap
Luba is the heroic tale of Luba Tryszynska-Frederick's work with the Diamond Children, 54 orphans that she rescued and cared for in Bergen-Belsen, a Nazi concentration camp. It would fit especially beautifully with any study of the Holocaust or Jewish history. Not only is the story touching, soa re
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the illustrations, which really bring the characters to life. It's probably a book best for 3rd-6th grade, though it's very enjoyable for adults as well. Show Less
LibraryThing member Mols1
This is an incredibly sweet, true story of one of the many lesser known heroes of World War II, Luba Tryszynska-Frederick, who rescued 54 children at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. When I first came across the book, I found it odd that someone could write a picture book about the horrors of
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the Holocaust, but it was informative without being graphic and disturbing. Show Less
LibraryThing member matthewbloome
This book is wonderfully done, and I don't think it could be improved on much, but I find stories of the Holocaust to be very difficult to handle, even when they are handled with the upmost in care. The unbearable degree of inhumanity shown to people in the concentration camps churns my stomach.
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I'm left to wonder how people could treat other people in this way. How could anyone be so convinced of a complete stranger's supposed negative qualities that they feel justified in treating them with such barbaric cruelty? It's unsettling. There are so many great stories like Luba's of people who persevere over these incredible circumstances, but at the same time I can only think that these circumstances were unnecessary. These people didn't need to be gathered into these terrible conditions, shouldn't have had to demonstrate such heroism, should never have been interrupted from living their lives as they were meant to in the first place. The Holocaust is a tragic part of the history of humanity. It's incomprehensible and brutal and every bit as hard to take today as it ever would have been. This is an encouraging story set against that backdrop, and as I read it my only wish was that there had never been a need for it in the first place. Show Less
LibraryThing member AleciaDesselle
I absolutely loved this story. I have heard many stories of holocaust survivors, but never heard of Luba before reading this book. Her story is a great one. Luba and the other women in her bunk showed great bravery in taking care of 54 orphaned children that were supposed to be killed. Her story
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was beautifully told and was beautifully captured through soft oil and collage illustrations. A great book to share with young children. Show Less
LibraryThing member SamanthaMulkey
I really enjoyed this story. It was amazing how much risks and sacrifices she took to keep all of those children alive. I kept expecting this story to take a tragic turn, but it actually had a great ending.
LibraryThing member jonathanjohnson
Just okay.
LibraryThing member REINADECOPIAYPEGA
In the course of human history there seems to be a never ending event of one group trying to wipe out another group/groups who are different from them, either by color, religion, nationality, politics....
We have the Holocaust, Darfur, Rwanda, Armenia, The Civil War here and Nanking, to name a few
This book is a child's book - probably suitable for a child of 7-10. It tells the story of Luba, a Polish woman taken from her home during the war and shipped to Bergen Belson with her husband and young son.
She hears the cries of children during one cold nite in the camp and when she goes outside to see what was going on, she discovered 54 Dutch children dumped there when the truck driver who was ordered to shoot them all, declined to do so, so he dumped them there in the snow and cold figuring they would starve and freeze to death.
This is the heroic story of Luba and her great heroic attempts to save 54 young lives, while hoping someone was doing the same for her missing child.
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We have the Holocaust, Darfur, Rwanda, Armenia, The Civil War here and Nanking, to name a few
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atrocities, too awful to even imagine how anyone could survive a day under such torture, brutality, fear, starvation, etc.This book is a child's book - probably suitable for a child of 7-10. It tells the story of Luba, a Polish woman taken from her home during the war and shipped to Bergen Belson with her husband and young son.
She hears the cries of children during one cold nite in the camp and when she goes outside to see what was going on, she discovered 54 Dutch children dumped there when the truck driver who was ordered to shoot them all, declined to do so, so he dumped them there in the snow and cold figuring they would starve and freeze to death.
This is the heroic story of Luba and her great heroic attempts to save 54 young lives, while hoping someone was doing the same for her missing child.
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ISBN
1582460981 / 9781582460987