2024 Educators' Catalogue - ENG

Titles in Print

Titles in Print

William Tannenzapf Memories from the Abyss Renate Krakauer But I Had a Happy Childhood 176 pages / / • Both born in Poland; William in 1911, Renate in 1941 • Separate accounts by father and daughter • Confined in a ghetto; escaped and in hiding (William) • In hiding with a non-Jewish family (Renate) • Arrived in Canada in 1948 14+ Available in French

Leslie Vertes Alone in the Storm 192 pages / / • Born in Hungary in 1924 • Survived in Budapest under a false identity • Sent to Soviet forced labour camps after the war • Arrived in Canada in 1957 14+ Available in French

Elsa Thon If Only It Were Fiction 304 pages / / • Born in Poland in 1923 • Confined in ghettos; escaped and joined a youth underground movement • Under a false identity; discovered and deported to forced labour camps • Arrived in Canada in 1980 16+ Available in French

Anka Voticky Knocking on Every Door 192 pages / / • Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1913 • Escaped with her family from Czechoslovakia to China; confined in a ghetto in Shanghai • Arrived in Canada in 1948 14+ Available in French

Sam Weisberg Carry the Torch* Johnny Jablon A Lasting Legacy* 256 pages / / • Both born in Poland; Sam in 1927, Johnny in 1926 14+ Available in French

Agnes Tomasov From Generation to Generation 240 pages / / • Born in Czechoslovakia in 1930 • In hiding with her family in a forest • Arrived in Canada in 1968 14+ Available in French

• Parallel stories of teenagers in the Plaszow forced labour camp • Both deported to several forced labour and concentration camps • Arrived in Canada in 1959 (Sam) and in 1948 (Johnny)

Joseph Tomasov From Loss to Liberation 216 pages / 14+

• Born in Czechoslovakia in 1920 • Confined in a forced labour camp • Joined Slovak National Uprising resistance movement • Arrived in Canada in 1968

* Contains sexual content and/or graphic violence

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