jewish authors

"One old copy of the novel Rebellion sits in Lena Knecht's tote bag, about to accompany her on a journey from New York to Berlin in search of a clue to the hand-drawn map on its last page. The voice of this novel--a first edition nearly burned by Nazis in May 1933--is our narrator. The story it tells centers on Joseph Roth, an Austrian Jewish author on the run, and his wife, Friederike, who falls victim to mental illness as Europe descends into war. Through past and present, it looks at censorship, oppression, and violence"--OCLC.

Tells how the creators of "Curious George" narrowly escaped capture by the Nazis while fleeing Paris on their bicycles during World War II.

Discusses the life of Elie Wiesel and his time as a Holocaust survivor, author, and human rights advocate.

An autobiographical narrative, in which the author describes his experiences in Nazi concentration camps.

A collection of fiction writing, memoirs, essays, and poetry from twenty-eight Jewish-Spanish writers spanning 150 years of history.

Through his writing, teaching, and activism, Elie Wiesel has worked to ensure the atrocities of the Holocaust will never be forgotten. A tireless advocate for human rights, he has worked to raise awareness of all acts of genocide..

Nobel Peace Laureate and holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel is shadowed by a documentary crew as he returns to his native village in Romania and relates the story of his imprisonment in Auschwitz and Birkenau as a child.

A biography of twentieth-century American author Bernard Malamud, discussing his poverty-stricken childhood, his mother's probably suicide, his brother's schizophrenia, his working methods, and his use of his life experiences in his writing.

Presents volume four in an eight-volume series on Holocaust Biographies and examines the role that Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz survivor, played and provides information on his youth in Romania, anti-Semitism, his survival from the concentration camps, and his work after the war as an educator and speaker on behalf of human rights around the world.