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Fireflies in the dark : the story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the children of Terezin /

Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. Includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holiday House, [2000]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Dicker, Friedl, > 1898-1944 > Juvenile literature.
Jewish women artists > Czechoslovakia > Hronov > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Artists as teachers > Czech Republic > Terezín (Severočeský kraj) > Juvenile literature.
Children's art > Czech Republic > Terezín (Severočeský kraj) > Juvenile literature.
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) > In art > Juvenile literature.
Dicker, Friedl, > 1898-1944.
Artists.
Children's art.
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Concentration camps > Czechoslovakia.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Czechoslovakia.
Women > Biography.
Czechoslovakia > History > 1938-1945.
Description
Summary:Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. Includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors.
Physical Description:47 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Awards:Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2001.
ISBN:0823414612