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Indlæser... The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographsaf Chana Stiefel
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. First sentence: There once was a girl named Yaffa. She was a spirited girl who loved her home and her family. She was born in a shtetl, a small Jewish town that pulsed with love, laughter, and light. The name of her shtetl was Eishyshok (Ay-shi-shok). The family roots of the people in Eishyshok ran deep. For 900 years, their histories and spirits were woven into the fabric of the town. Premise/plot: Nonfiction picture book and/or nonfiction picture book biography. I could see it being classified as either/both. The jacket copy says it is the biography of Yaffa Eliach the woman who created "the Tower of Faces" (aka The Tower of Life) at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. It is definitely the story of her life, her work, her life's work. But it is also so much more than that. It is the story of her community, and the story of the Holocaust as well. My thoughts: I found this one FASCINATING. I really loved this nonfiction picture book. I loved learning the story behind The Tower of Faces. Though I'd not heard of this particular exhibit, I have heard of the Holocaust Memorial Museum. I would love to learn more about this exhibit and the others as well. I loved, loved, loved the photographs of this one. I found it a powerfully compelling read. I'm not surprised a bit that it won the Sydney Taylor Book Award. (It was also a Robert F. Sibert Honor book). Yaffa was born in the Jewish shtetl of Eishyshok, Poland, a town with a 900-year history. That history was wiped out when Germans invaded ("darkness came to Eishyshok"). Six-year-old Yaffa escaped with her family and a few photographs; they hid throughout the war, and afterward, Yaffa built a life in Jerusalem and then America. Later, she helped create an exhibit at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, a years-long project that involved collecting photographs that former residents of Eishyshok had sent to relatives elsewhere. "Yaffa decided she would find the survivors and rebuid Eishyshok, not brick by brick, but photograph by photograph, story by story." Illustrated versions of the photographs are included on several pages, and a dramatic 90-degree page turn shows a vertical spread of the "tower of life," a three-story-high exhibit of over 1,000 photos. A deeply impactful story, and an important one for a generation who will not know living Holocaust survivors. Back matter: timeline ("a snapshot of Yaffa's life and legacy"), bibliography, further reading for children, author's note ("every person, a world") Thirty-five years after Nazis destroyed her beloved shtetl of Eishyshok, Poland, Yaffe Eliach recovered thousands of precious photographs preserved by relatives and survivors to recreate her community at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Susan Gal’s expressive illustrations bring to life this true story of love and remembrance. 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award winner ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"The story begins with Yaffa Eliach, a spirited young girl who grows up in a vibrant, happy 800-year-old town in Poland, filled with family life and rich traditions. Yaffa's grandmother, who receives a gift of a camera from America, becomes the village photographer, and takes photos of all the family events: weddings, bar mitzvahs, and family gatherings. And on the Jewish New Year, the villagers send photos to their relatives overseas to wish them a "Gut Yontif"! But one dark day, the town is invaded. And quickly the once happy home to 5,000 Jewish people is uprooted. Yaffa survives the war and becomes a Professor of History and America's foremost Holocaust expert. And when President Jimmy Carter invites her to create an exhibit for the new National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, she travels around the world hunting down her grandmother's photos taken of people who fled from her beloved town, Eishyshok, along with their stories and memories. This breathtaking revival of the town's collective spirit, which is a permanent exhibit at The National Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, will inspire all who read it"-- No library descriptions found. |
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pictures and the shattering true account of one woman's goal that her community never be forgotten.