Full name: Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin

Author: Susan Goldman Rubin Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780823414611 0823414612

In December of 1942, during World WarII, Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, a Bauhaus-trained designer and artist, art therapist, and teacher, packed her bags for the last time. She and thousands of other European Jews were being forced by the Nazis to move to the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. What did Friedl bring? Instead of thinking about her own comfort, Friedl gathered art supplies: paint, paper, brushes, and books. Once at Terezin, she used her supplies and her incredible gifts as a teacher to bring a world of beauty and fantasy to hundreds of children living in apalling conditions. Their story reveals how flashes of kindness can spark joy--like fireflies in the dark.Filled with photographs and reproductions of the astonishing artwork created by Friedl, her colleagues, and her students at Terezin, this book is a testament to the power of art to sustain hope. Similar books: The Cat with the Yellow Star by Susan Goldman Rubin Surviving Hitler by Andrea Warren We Remember the Holocaust by David A. Adler Final Solution by David Cesarani I Am a Star by Inge Auerbacher Luba by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick The Girls of Room 28 by Hannelore Brenner 50 Children by Steven Pressman Hidden Child of the Holocaust by Stacy Cretzmeyer Sala's Gift by Ann Kirschner Never to Forget by Milton Meltzer The Big Lie by Isabella Leitner Child of the Warsaw Ghetto by David A. Adler Schindler's Legacy by Elinor J. Brecher Beyond Courage by Doreen Rappaport