Questions I Am Asked About the Holocaust - Young Readers Edition

A young readers' edition of the bestselling book from Auschwitz survivor Hédi Fried that answers lasting questions about the Holocaust. Hédi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis arrested her family and transported them to Auschwitz. While there, apart from enduring the daily terror at the camp, she and her sister were forced into hard labour before being released at the end of the war. After settling in Sweden, Hédi devoted her life to educating young people about the Holocaust. In her 90s, she decided to take the most common questions, and her answers, and turn them into a book so that children all over the world could understand what had happened. This is a deeply human book that urges us never to forget and never to repeat. 'Timeless lessons taught with simple eloquence.'Kirkus Reviews

A propos de l'auteur

Hédi Fried (1924-2022) was an author and psychologist. She was deeply committed to working for democratic values and against racism. She was born in the town of Sighet, in Romania, was transported to Auschwitz in 1944, and worked in several labour camps, eventually ending up in Bergen-Belsen. After liberation, she moved to Sweden with her sister.

Her bestselling autobiography, Fragments of a Life: the road to Auschwitz, was published in English and Swedish in the 1990s.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hedi Fried, Hédi Fried
• Collaboration: Alice E. Olsson (Traduction), Alice E. Olsson (Traduction)
• Edition: Faber Factory Plus GBS
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 13.04.2023
• EAN: 9781914484995
• ISBN: 978-1-914484-99-5
• Pages: 208
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Livres scolaires pour élèves; YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Religion / Judaism, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Educational: Religious studies: Judaism, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Judaism, Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues