Eve Soumerai recounts her childhood as a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi Berlin, as a teenaged refugee in the United Kingdom, and later as a young adult searching for answers in postwar Germany. This first-person memoir helps students understand the Holocaust and its effects by chronicling the life of an individual who lived through it. Eve's story engages readers as she retells chapters of her life, including memories of a birthday party, Crystal Night, life in England, and losing family and friends. The historical context of the Holocaust and the author's life unifies and clarifies events.
This is the first book in the new Voices of Twentieth Century Conflict series for middle and high school students. A series foreword, timeline, glossary, and questions for discussion and reflection pertaining to each chapter are included. Primary documents and original photographs help students to experience being in someone else's shoes, making this book the perfect teaching tool for helping students understand important aspects of the Holocaust.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
To the Teacher
Foreword
Timeline
Preface
Departure
Back to the Beginning
My Name Is Evchen
Earliest Memory
My Father
My Fathers Parents
Where We Come from
My Mothers Parents
My Very Best Friend, Adelheid
Germany Between the Wars
Hitler's Election
Adolf Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
Remembering the Great War
My First Big Lie
What Is a Communist?
A Sweet Birthday Party
The Last Happy Summer
The German Jews Lose Their Jobs, Their Property and Their Rights
Bad News
School Life
Concerning a Good Eraser and Heinrich Himmler's Underwear
My New Best Friend
Papa Disappears
Crystal Night
Kristallnacht (Crystal Night)
The Evian Conference
Adelheid Leaves My Life
Holding On
Kindertransport
Refugee
Reaching Out
Enemy Aliens
Nursery Helper
Recipe for Kindness
Deportations to the East
Paddington Green Children's Hospital
The War Comes to an End
Searching for Answers
Displaced Persons
Allied Civilian Employee
Return
Postscript
Glossary
Sources Used
For Further Study
