Book description
An interdisciplinary study of the Holocaust combining history, psychology and anthropology, which analyzes the use of play in Jewish communities to bring an element of sanity into the lives of young people in the midst of the catastrophe.
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1 author picked Children and Play in the Holocaust as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a book that grabbed my attention straight away because it shows just how powerful the human spirit can be. Eisen explores the ways in which children caught in the horror of the Holocaust attempted to make sense of their surroundings. They might be playing in bomb craters; they might even be playing alongside the death-camps of Auschwitz, but these childrenâs spirit of play survived even in the shadow of annihilation.Â
From Helen's list on The best books about childhood in Nazi Germany.
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