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Hyperion (2005), Edition: First Edition first Printing, 64 pages
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A story of surviving the Holocaust in Poland, illustrated in a collection of embroidered panels, and told in the survivor's own words.
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LibraryThing member STBA
Esther Nisenthal Krinitz retells the story of her childhood in a small Polish village through a series of handstitched
embroidered panels.
embroidered panels.
LibraryThing member kidlit9
A stunning collection of embroidered panels that tell the story of Esther Knitz, a Holocaust survivor who hid out with her sister to endure the war in Poland.
LibraryThing member Judiex
In 1939 when Esther Nisenthal Krinitz was 12 years old, the Nazis invaded Poland. While her family was able to remain in their country home for three years, they finally were forced out in October 1942. Now 15 years old, she and her 13-year-old sister went into hiding. They were able to pass
After the war she moved to New York City where she married and raised a family. She told them stories about her life in the old country and, when she was 50 years old, decided to show her family what life had been like. She did so through embroidering 36 tapestries providing detailed snapshots of those earlier years. Each picture has an explanation by Esther as well as commentary by her daughter Bernice.
The first picture shows her home and her family. Others relate to various holidays as well as life in the village. Several show life after the Nazis arrived as well as life inside some neighboring concentration camps. It includes the family fleeing from the Nazis and leaving their homes as well as what happened to them afterwards until they came to America..
Esther’s memory and talent resulted in exquisite tapestries. Looking through the book made me want to see them full size. They have been displayed at several art museums and were the topic of a video (Through the Eye of the Needle - The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz). My only regret is that it includes no photograph of her.
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themselves off as Catholics and eventually worked as farmhands for the duration of the war.After the war she moved to New York City where she married and raised a family. She told them stories about her life in the old country and, when she was 50 years old, decided to show her family what life had been like. She did so through embroidering 36 tapestries providing detailed snapshots of those earlier years. Each picture has an explanation by Esther as well as commentary by her daughter Bernice.
The first picture shows her home and her family. Others relate to various holidays as well as life in the village. Several show life after the Nazis arrived as well as life inside some neighboring concentration camps. It includes the family fleeing from the Nazis and leaving their homes as well as what happened to them afterwards until they came to America..
Esther’s memory and talent resulted in exquisite tapestries. Looking through the book made me want to see them full size. They have been displayed at several art museums and were the topic of a video (Through the Eye of the Needle - The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz). My only regret is that it includes no photograph of her.
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Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Honor Book — Older Readers — 2006)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (2006)
CCBC Choices (2006)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2005
Physical description
64 p.; 9.38 inches
ISBN
0786851260 / 9780786851263