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Title Terezín : voices from the Holocaust / Ruth Thomson.
Author Thomson, Ruth, 1949-
Publication Info. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J 940.5318 THO    Check Shelves
 West Oaks  J 940.5318 THO    Check Shelves
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description 64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.
Contents Terezin: Theresienstadt -- Hitler and the Jews -- Germans invade -- Deportations -- Ghetto life -- Transports -- Ghetto grows -- Children -- Culture -- Beautification -- End of the war.
Summary Through inmates' own voices--from secret diary entries and artwork to excerpts from memoirs and recordings narrated after the war--"Terezin" explores the lives of Jewish people in one of the most infamous of the Nazi transit camps.
Subject Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) -- Juvenile literature.
Jews -- Czech Republic -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Czech Republic -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Czech Republic.
ISBN 9780763649630 (lib. bdg.) : $18.99
0763649635 (lib. bdg.)