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Children and Play in the Holocaust : Games Among the Shadows
author
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Eisen, George.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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087023708X
print isbn13
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9780870237089
ebook isbn13
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9780585142319
language
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English
subject
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) , Jewish children in the Holocaust, Play, World War, 1939-1945--Children.
publication date
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1990
lcc
:
D810.J4E35 1988eb
ddc
:
940.53/161
subject
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) , Jewish children in the Holocaust, Play, World War, 1939-1945--Children.
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Children and Play in the Holocaust
Games among the Shadows
George Eisen
The University of Massachusetts Press Amherst
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Copyright 1988 by The University of Massachusetts Press First paperback edition, 1990 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Set in Linoterm Palatino Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eisen, George, 1943 Children and play in the Holocaust: games among the shadows / George Eisen. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-87023-708-x (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Holocaust, Jewish (19391945) 2. Jewish children. 3. Play. 4. World War, 19391945Children. I. Title. D810.J4E35 1988 87-37468 940.53161dc19 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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This study is dedicated to the memory, of my family who perished in the Holocaust It is also dedicated to my father, Ede, and my three daughters, Brie, Sivi, and Talia.
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Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
1 Prologue
"Will there be schools and playgrounds there, Daddy?"
3
2 The Child in the Holocaust
"No one will ever be able to forget those children's voices"
12
3 Play and the Community
"Balm for the wounds. The street is smiling!"
28
4 Play and the Children
"Somewhere, far away out there, childhood sweetly sleeps..."
58
5 Play and the Human Spirit
"Every dance is a protest against our oppressors"
82
6 They Play before They Die...
"But these children are not playingthey only make-believe it is play"
99
7 Epilogue
"I owe an explanation to my children"
117
Appendix A. List of Ghettos and Nazi Camps Mentioned
123
Appendix B. List of Persons
125
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Notes
127
Bibliography
139
Index
149
Page ix
List of Illustrations
1. Children playing jacks in Lodz
19
2. The death of a child in Warsaw
21
3. "The Fecalist"
29
4. "Jews are forbidden to enter the park"
30
5. Children's playground in Marysin, Lodz
38
6. Rumkowski reviews a children's parade
44
7. Youth dancing in Westerbork
46
8. "The Liquidation of Dr. Korczak's Orphanage"
54
9. Children engrossed in a game in Lodz
61
10. Drawing of children in play
64
11. Children playing before their death
67
12. Children with invented toys, Lodz
71
13. Children and their toys in line for deportation at a transit center
75
14. Secret class in Warsaw
85
15. Child beggar, Warsaw
93
16. Water color of funeral cart: toy for Theresienstadt children
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