Spielen Im Schatten Des Todes: Kinder Im Holocaust

by George Eisen

Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Holocaust

221 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1988

Reviews

[Michi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't say that I "enjoyed" this book (nor did I ever expect to, not with this subject matter), but this research work into how play was distorted and yet remained a part of these children's lives until the end was highly fascinating (if, at times, a tad repetitive, though the limited availability of sources makes that entirely understandable).

[José Antonio Lopez · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Children and Play in the Holocaust" is a emotionally hard to read essay by George Eisen. With a long list of references Eisen presents the experience of children in ghettos, detention centers and concentration camps during the Nazi occupation. These stories challenge the classical theory of play but also reinforce how play is so encoded in our genes that is almost unavoidable.

"Play burst forth spontaneously and uncontrollably without regard of the external situation."

The sociological, psychological, physiological and even political aspects of life during the Holocaust are visited under the lens of children, and adult, play.

"Their play, just like all human experiences, was reflective of and governed by societal, psychological, and economic conditions of the society in which they took place."

For the people in the play field the book can be used as a catalog of play experiences to be classified under the 16 play types by Bob Hughes; to identify the play cycle and the role of adults in free play.