Max grew up during the ’30s and ’40s. As a child, he loved spending time with his grandparents, his aunt and uncle, and his immediate family all under one large roof. When Hitler came to power, Max’s life rapidly changed. As a Hungarian Jew, he and his family members were targeted and witnessed the horrorsContinue reading “By Chance Alone”
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The Power of Books
Guten morgen, dear reader! I recently read a wonderful article about a woman who helped bring joy and escape to a group of children during the Holocaust. Helen Fagin, a Holocaust survivor, talks about how books save lives in a letter which can be found in The Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader.Continue reading “The Power of Books”
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegleman’s Pulitzer Prize winning 1992 graphic novel Maus is divided into two parts: the first starting with his father’s experiences during World War II, and the beginning of the horrible journey to Auschwitz, and the second taking place mostly in the Auschwitz concentration camp, and how he survived and escaped the camp.
The Nerdy Nook 