This book examines a wide range of works written by and about child survivors and victims of the Holocaust. The writers analyzed range from Anne Frank and Saul Friedlander to Ida Fink and Louis Begley; topics covered include the Kindertransport experience, exile to Siberia, living in hiding, Jewish children masquerading as Christian, and ghetto diaries. Throughout, the argument is made that these texts use such similar techniques and structures that children's-eye views of the Holocaust constitute a discrete literary genre.
S. Vice
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'Because of her ingenious analyses and because of the important texts Vice introduces to her readers, if you want to read just one book from my list, this one will have to be your choice' - Marion Spies, University of Wuppertal