Scholastic Survivors: True Stories Of Children In The Holocaust Paperback – March 1, 2005

Our Middle schoolers read these as a class. The short story format was great for struggling readers.

Was a Gift but came in NEW condition in a well packed shipping container

Required reading for those wanting to know the real experience of the holocaust from the pens of grown children. Although I purchased Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun's book to use as research on a book I was writing ,it not only served that purpose. I was swept up into the horror of genocide. An abomination! Each narrative expressed gratitude for surviving, but I couldn't help getting angry for each one all over again. Just to know that a selected group of individuals was being subdued by the maniacal and pitiful ruler responsible for minimizing the human being! It extended the heart in me that just couldn't fathom someone doing something this big in the most dispicable way possible. I was swept up in Luncia Gamzer's story and others who gave their take on what it meant to hide from life itself. The stories are presented in a way that children now could understand, even the graphic details of their sacrifices-appropriately.Inspiring, and desperately amazing in its approach!

It was factual and had substantial information. Would be a great research/informational read for school age children

These stories are difficult to read. These children suffered unimaginable horrors. I could not put this book down. I am amazed at the tales of survival, and incredibly impressed by the successful lives they all led as adults. Triumph of the human spirit for sure.

Each story attests to the will to survive.A remarkable testament to the brutality imposed for no other reason than simply being from another culture. Shocking.

I bought this book for my 11 year old daughter who is interested in the stories of children who lived through the Holocaust. I found this to be an excellent book for all ages. It was easy to read and comprehend so a child could easily read it alone. The chapters are short, and each is the story of a different child. There is no redundancy in the chapters. In other words the reader does not feel as if the same story is being told over and over again. I also loved that it told what happened to each child after the war. Where they live now, their jobs, and family life. My daughter has yet to read it but I am sure she will love it.

Ever since General Eisenhauer came upon the "Death Camp" in Germany, I have been very interested in reading anything and everything about the holocaust. However, "Survivors" was a book about "children", which made me all the more anxious to read it. After reading a review about this book in our local paper, I knew I "had to get it"! As in the past, I knew if the book is on the market, Amazon would have it. Thanks to their great and prompt service, it arrived in four days!I thought I'd "just look through it for now"! Instead,I found myself "letting everything else go", as I sat there mesmerized by the tales written by adults who had lived through the Holocaust as children. I finished reading this book that very same day!I can't begin to tell you how the terror and horrific tales tugged at my heart! It made me also think of the many children who did NOT survive to tell their stories. May this never happen again!It is always a pleasure to "read a good book", but one's feelings differ when the writings are not fiction but true stories, as this book was! It captivates you as soon as you glance at the picture of the precious little girl on the cover!I highly recommend this book to other readers! We must never forget what the Hitler regime did to those poor people! This book reveals the horror in the small, precious children's hearts and minds.Harriet Pilson

The courage, strength and resiliency in these children is awe-inspiring. Reading their stories made my life struggles pale in comparison and I found strength and encouragement in these pages to become the best I can be no matter what cards I am dealt in life. These children show that anyone can overcome great obstacles.

Good book

I didn't realise it was a book for children. Probably my own mistake.

I have already owned this book as a teenager and have read it , it’s one of my favourite books as it presents the true stories of brave holocaust survives ( who were kids back then, the book brings out their perspectives and hardship) as a young reader this book brought tears to my eyes and was a real eye opener to the realities of the world and war.I gave away my old copy to a friend and yet I wanted to own one of this book, so ordered one in Amazon, it’s the same book but the ink of the print in some pages was a bit dull..but I was happy to own this memorable book and I thank Amazon for making it possible.

First time I had bought anything on Amazon and I’m truly impressed