HOLOCAUST

    The fate of European Jews numbering six million, as well as hundreds of thousands political dissidents, gypsies and others labeled subhuman, makes up one of the most horrific stories in history.  World War II was a racial war based on the speculation that one race of people was superior to others, and that the superior race had the right to be cruel and unjust to members of other races.

  In March 2001, the junior high students were fortunate to hear Mrs. Marian Blumenthal Lazan, a survivor of the Holocaust.
She is the author of the book Four Perfect Pebbles, and she shared with the students her life in the concentration camp. A question and answer period was held after her talk.  Although the junior high students had read about the Holocaust, Mrs. Lazan made it real for them. 

   BOOKS ON THE HOLOCAUST

   The following is a list of  books that the students have read and have recommended to other students to read.  The first five are autobiographical written by Holocaust survivors.

Four Perfect Pebbles by Marion Blumenthal Lazan
I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia Bitton Jackson
Bridges of Hope by Livia Bitton Jackson
No Pretty Pictures a child of war by Anita Lobel
Hidden Child of the Holocaust by Stacey Cretzmeyer

There are numerous fictional books about the Holocaust.  The students and I would like to encourage all that view this webpage to check out any books relating to the Holocaust.  We can only hope that through the reading of some of the numerous books relating to the horrors of this time that we learn to be tolerant and accepting of each other.  Thank you for taking the time to view this page.

INFORMATIONAL:
There is a Holocaust museum located in Terre Haute, Indiana.  This museum is open only on certain days, and is operated by Mrs. Eva Moses Kor who is a survivor of Auschwitz.  She was a twin and had experiments performed on her by Dr. Joseph Mengele.  She is the author of the book Echoes from Auschwitz, and is a very pleasant and interesting person.  My daughters and I spent two hours talking with her and could have spent another two hours listening to her. It is well worth the trip just to talk to Mrs. Kor.