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by The Booker Tea

Sternkinder

Asscher-Pinkhof, a Dutch teacher, novelist, and Jew who taught at the special schools that were set up for Jewish children during the War, tells in these brief fictive vignettes the stories tragic, brave, heroic, selfish, cruel, innocent of the young Dutch victims of the Holocaust whose childhoods were spent in detention centers, in transit camps, and finally in “Star Hells” like Bergen-Belsen, with only a few surviving to liberation.

Sternkindervon Clara Asscher-Pinkhof

Broschiert: 285 Seiten
Verlag: Oetinger Taschenbuch (1. November 2012)
ISBN-10: 3841501206
ISBN-13: 978-3841501202

Vorw. von Erich Kästner
Ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Jugendbuchpreis 1962

DEUTSCH: “Sternkinder”: Das waren die jüdischen Kinder, die unter den Nationalsozialisten den Davidstern tragen mussten. Wie ihre Eltern und Großeltern erfuhren sie die Schrecken der Konzentrationslager – und verstanden doch oft nicht, was mit ihnen geschah. Clara Asscher-Pinkhof, die selbst deportiert wurde und nur durch großes Glück überlebte, beschreibt die Verfolgung durch die Augen der Kinder und findet so besonders eindringliche Bilder.

ENGLISH: “Star Children.” Children with the yellow Jewish star. Asscher-Pinkhof, a Dutch teacher, novelist, and Jew who taught at the special schools that were set up for Jewish children during the War, tells in these brief fictive vignettes the storiestragic, brave, heroic, selfish, cruel, innocent of the young Dutch victims of the Holocaust whose childhoods were spent in detention centers, in transit camps, and finally in “Star Hells” like Bergen-Belsen, with only a few surviving to liberation. The stories are narrated as though seen through the children’s own eyes, reflecting the stark, spare horror of their vision. Published in Holland in 1946 and just translated into English, this powerful document is worthy to stand beside Anne Frank’s Diary . Highly recommended for general collections. – Marcia G. Fuchs, Guilford Free Lib., Ct. Continue reading →