2024 Educators' Catalogue - ENG

Titles in Print

Titles in Print

Michael Kutz If, By Miracle* 184 pages / / • Born in Poland in 1930 • Escaped from a mass shooting and hid in a forest with partisans; part of an underground resistance group • Arrived in Canada in 1948 16+ Available in French

Fred Mann A Drastic Turn of Destiny* 304 pages / / • Born in Germany in 1926 • Escaped to Belgium, France, Portugal and Jamaica • Held in an internment camp in Jamaica • Arrived in Canada in 1952 16+ Available in French

Nate Leipciger The Weight of Freedom* 360 pages / / • Born in Poland in 1928 • Confined in ghettos and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and seve- ral forced labour and concentration camps • Arrived in Canada in 1948 16+ Available in French

Michael Mason A Name Unbroken 192 pages / / • Born in Czechoslovakia in 1928 • Forced labour in Hungary and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and forced labour camps • Arrived in Canada in 1948 14+ Available in French

Alex Levin Under the Yellow & Red Stars 208 pages / / • Born in Poland in 1932 • Escaped from a ghetto and mass shooting; in hiding in a forest • Arrived in Canada in 1974 14+ Available in French

Leslie Meisels with Eva Meisels Suddenly the Shadow Fell 176 pages / / • Both born in Hungary; Leslie in 1927, Eva in 1939 14+ Available in French

• Separate accounts by a couple who met and married after the war • Confined in ghettos and deported to Austria and Bergen-Belsen (Leslie); confined in Budapest ghetto (Eva) • Arrived in Canada in 1967 (Leslie) and in 1957 (Eva)

Leslie Mezei with Magda Mezei Schwarz, Klari Mezei Noy and Annie Wasserman Mezei A Tapestry of Survival 192 pages / • Born in Hungary in 1931 • Survived in Budapest under a false identity • Separate accounts by author’s two sisters and his wife after the war • Arrived in Canada in 1948 14+

Rachel Lisogurski and Chana Broder Daring to Hope 248 pages / • Both born in Poland; Rachel in 1911, Chana in 1938 • Separate accounts by mother and daughter • Escaped from a ghetto; in hiding with aid of non-Jewish farmers • Arrived in Canada in 1948 14+

* Contains sexual content and/or graphic violence

* Contains sexual content and/or graphic violence

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