Bring the free resources of the Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program into your classroom.
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THE BOOKS
Add books to your order then proceed to the order form and verify your school affiliation.
If you are not an educator nor affiliated with an educational institution, you can purchase the memoirs in English through Second Story Press. The French versions of the memoirs are free to educators and the public through the Resources for Educators on this website.
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Tenuous Threads
Judy Abrams
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Six Lost Years
Amek Adler
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Buried Words
Molly Applebaum
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The Hidden Package
Claire Baum
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Joy Runs Deeper
Bronia Beker
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Joy Runs Deeper
Joseph Beker
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If Home Is Not Here
Max Bornstein
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Across the Rivers of Memory
Felicia Carmelly
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Getting Out Alive
Tommy Dick
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Fleeing from the Hunter
Marian Domanski
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In Fragile Moments
Zsuzsanna Fischer Spiro
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Spring's End
John Freund
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A Childhood Adrift
René Goldman
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Stronger Together
Ibolya Grossman
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Memories in Focus
Pinchas Gutter
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As the Lilacs Bloomed
Anna Molnár Hegedűs
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The Vale of Tears
Pinchas Hirschprung
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We Sang in Hushed Voices
Helena Jockel
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Inside the Walls
Eddie Klein
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But I Had A Happy Childhood
Renate Krakauer
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If, By Miracle
Michael Kutz
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The Weight of Freedom
Nate Leipciger
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Under the Yellow & Red Stars
Alex Levin
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A Drastic Turn of Destiny
Fred Mann
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One of the Lucky Ones
Eva Felsenburg Marx
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A Name Unbroken
Michael Mason
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Suddenly the Shadow Fell
Eva Meisels
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Suddenly the Shadow Fell
Leslie Meisels
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Where Courage Lives
Muguette Myers
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Hope's Reprise
David Newman
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W Hour
Arthur Ney
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Gatehouse to Hell
Felix Opatowski
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In Hiding
Marguerite Élias Quddus
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Behind the Red Curtain
Maya Rakitova
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Bits and Pieces
Henia Reinhartz
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Stronger Together
Andy Réti
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Little Girl Lost
Betty Rich
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E/96: Fate Undecided
Paul-Henri Rips
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Silent Refuge
Margrit Rosenberg Stenge
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Traces of What Was
Steve Rotschild
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Dignity Endures
Judith Rubinstein
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Never Far Apart
Kitty Salsberg & Ellen Foster
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Survival Kit
Zuzana Sermer
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The Last Time
Eva Shainblum
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A Child’s Testimony
Adam Shtibel
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The Violin
Rachel Shtibel
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My Heart Is At Ease
Gerta Solan
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Vanished Boyhood
George Stern
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The Shadows Behind Me
Willie Sterner
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Album of My Life
Ann Szedlecki
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Memories From the Abyss
William Tannenzapf
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If Only It Were Fiction
Elsa Thon
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From Generation to Generation
Agnes Tomasov
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From Loss to Liberation
Joseph Tomasov
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Alone in the Storm
Leslie Vertes
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Knocking on Every Door
Anka Voticky
Education Programs
New! Hidden Children, Identity and the Holocaust: Surviving in the Margin of the Catastrophe
The Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program has designed a six-lesson Education Program on the theme of hidden children and identity. The Education Program is available in English and French and it can be adapted to the needs of your classroom.
Overview: The Education Program teaches students about the history of the Holocaust through the stories of individual survivors who lived as hidden children and later immigrated to Canada and wrote memoirs of their experiences. Students will each read one memoir and use Re:Collection, an interactive digital resource, to explore “recollections” (video clips, memoir excerpts, photographs and artifacts) related to their author. In small group discussion, students will explore the concept of identity to develop an appreciation for how people in the past have formed their identities, how their identities were attacked and suppressed during the Holocaust, and how these experiences have affected their lives as adults in Canada. As a class, students will examine primary sources to consider the context of rising discrimination and persecution of Jews as a catalyst for decisions to go into hiding. Depending on their discipline, students will have the option to create a timeline or a newspaper article. By the end of the Education Program, students will understand the variety of ways in which Jewish children experienced the Holocaust in hiding, and demonstrate awareness of the value and challenges of using personal accounts to study this history.
Required Resources:
The Education Program uses memoirs by Judy Abrams, Claire Baum, René Goldman, Arthur Ney, and Marguerite Élias Quddus. The program can be completed using any one or any combination of these memoirs. Using the order form above, select the number of memoirs required for your class. The books are free for teachers and students.
Download a complete package of the Student Reading Guides and Worksheets
Download each Reading Guide and Worksheet separately:
Lesson 1
Reading Guide For René Goldman
Reading Guide For Marguerite Élias Quddus
Worksheet 1: Reflection Journal
Lesson 2
Worksheet 2: Judy Abrams Author Biography Activity
Worksheet 2: Claire Baum Author Biography Activity
Worksheet 2: René Goldman Author Biography Activity
Worksheet 2: Arthur Ney Author Biography Activity
Worksheet 2: Marguerite Élias Quddus Author Biography Activity
Lesson 3
Worksheet 3: Identity Discussion Questions
Lesson 5
Worksheet 4A: Newspaper Article Assignment
Worksheet 4B: Timeline Assignment (print on 11X17 paper)
Please contact us if you would like to know more about the Education Program or would like help implementing the Education Program in your classroom. We welcome your feedback on the Education Program and we hope to improve it by adapting the content to teachers’ needs.
Contact: Stephanie Corazza, Education and Curriculum Associate
Stephanie@azrielifoundation.org
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
Glossary Search
Enhance your historical knowledge through definitions of essential Holocaust terms and events.
WEB RESOURCES
Re:Collection
Engage with Holocaust history through the incredible stories of survivors who built a new life in Canada.
Experience Re:Collection to explore, discover and collect rare interview footage of survivors, excerpts from their memoirs and archival photographs and artifacts. Curate thematic collections and gain a deeper understanding of the past through interactive timelines and maps.
Holocaust Survivor Short Films
Combining animation, archival and interview footage, our Holocaust survivor short films provide an engaging and moving introduction to our survivor stories and Holocaust history.
Note to Educators
Due to the traumatic and often horrific nature of the authors’ experiences surviving the Holocaust, the books contain sensitive material, such as violence and sexual content. It is the policy of the Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program not to excise these passages; we maintain the integrity of the survivors’ accounts, editing only for clarity and editorial consistency.
Our books have been classified by age according to content and not by reading level. We strongly urge teachers to use their discretion and consult the mature content notice listed beside each book.