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We Survived the Holocaust: The Bluma and Felix Goldberg Story
During Adolf Hitler’s rule over Germany, there were over 40,000 Nazi concentration, labor, and death camps built with the intent of erasing an entire population of Jews, Sinti, and Roma, as well as “other examples of impure races.” Bluma Tishgarten and Felix Goldberg were both young Polish Jews caught up in the Holocaust, Hitler’s rise to power, the rise of antisemitism, and more. Yet they survived. Bluma and Felix’s miraculous story of survival, combined with the rise of nationalism and fascism, leading to the extermination of millions of human beings, is also a cautionary tale—a dangerous history that, if we do not heed the warning signs, could very well be repeated.
156 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2022
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Frank W. Baker
4 books1 followerFrank W. Baker is a graduate of the University of Georgia (ABJ, Journalism). He worked in television news from 1977 to 1986, at stations in South Carolina, Maryland and Florida. In 1987, he joined the Orange County (Orlando, FL) Public School System as an administrator in the areas of Instructional TV/Distance Education. While there, he collaborated with both Time Warner Cable and The Orlando Sentinel’s Newspapers-In-Education (NIE) to bring media literacy education to teachers and students in the nation’s 16th largest school district. (See 1995 article from Orlando Sentinel; 1996 article from Cable In The Classroom magazine.) Upon returning to South Carolina in 1997, he co-taught a college level media literacy course for educators and developed a nationally recognized media literacy resource website.
In 1999, he chaired the National Media Literacy Conference (St. Paul MN). That same year, his content analysis of all 50 state’s teaching standards revealed that almost all state’s standards included “elements of media literacy.” He is past president of (NAMLE) the National Association for Media Literacy Education (formerly The Alliance For A Media Literate America) and past vice-president of the National Telemedia Council (NTC).
He is a frequent presenter at schools, districts and conferences across the United States. He has presented at the national conferences of Staff Development For Educators (SDE), the International Reading Association (IRA), The National Middle Schools Assn. (NMSA), and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
Frank worked in K-12 School Services for the South Carolina Educational Television (PBS network) from February 1998- June 2003.
In June 2007, Frank’s work in media literacy education was recognized by the National PTA and the National Cable TV Assn. with the national “Leaders In Learning” award.
He has written teaching standards and supporting documents (English Language Arts; Visual & Performing Arts) for the SC State Department of Education.
He has been published in Learning & Leading With Technology (ISTE), Education Week, Cable in The Classroom, Telemedium (aka The Journal of Media Literacy), Florida English Journal, Ohio Media Spectrum, Middle Ground: The Magazine of Middle Level Education, Library Media Connection (LMC) and Screen Education (Australia).
He served on the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) “Commission on Media” from 2005-2008. For several years he helped plan the NCTE Annual Film Screening series at the organization’s annual conference. He tweets @fbaker.
He has hosted and participated in webinars with the Media Education Lab (University of Rhode Island), NCTE, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), School Library Journal, and the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE).
His first book, “Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies,” was published by Capstone Press (2007). He contributed a lesson plan to: “Lesson Plans for Creating Media-Rich Classrooms” (NCTE 2007). His second book, “Political Campaigns & Political Advertising: A Media Literacy Guide” was published by Greenwood Press (2009). He authored a chapter on media literacy in the ASCD text “Curriculum 21: Essential Education for A Changing World” (2010). His third book, “Media Literacy In The K-12 Classroom” was published by ISTE (2012). He has also contributed chapters to “Mastering Media Literacy” (Solution Tree Press, 2014). In the fall of 2016, the second (revised) edition of “Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom” was published by ISTE. In 2017, Routledge (in collaboration with MiddleWeb.com) published “Close Reading The Media- Literacy Lessons and Activities for Every Month of The Year.” In 2021, he contributed a chapter to "Kids & Today's Media" (Rowman & Littlefield).
In 2019, his lifelong work in media literacy education was recognized by UNESCO with its GAPMIL- Global Alliance Partnership for Media & Information
In 1999, he chaired the National Media Literacy Conference (St. Paul MN). That same year, his content analysis of all 50 state’s teaching standards revealed that almost all state’s standards included “elements of media literacy.” He is past president of (NAMLE) the National Association for Media Literacy Education (formerly The Alliance For A Media Literate America) and past vice-president of the National Telemedia Council (NTC).
He is a frequent presenter at schools, districts and conferences across the United States. He has presented at the national conferences of Staff Development For Educators (SDE), the International Reading Association (IRA), The National Middle Schools Assn. (NMSA), and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
Frank worked in K-12 School Services for the South Carolina Educational Television (PBS network) from February 1998- June 2003.
In June 2007, Frank’s work in media literacy education was recognized by the National PTA and the National Cable TV Assn. with the national “Leaders In Learning” award.
He has written teaching standards and supporting documents (English Language Arts; Visual & Performing Arts) for the SC State Department of Education.
He has been published in Learning & Leading With Technology (ISTE), Education Week, Cable in The Classroom, Telemedium (aka The Journal of Media Literacy), Florida English Journal, Ohio Media Spectrum, Middle Ground: The Magazine of Middle Level Education, Library Media Connection (LMC) and Screen Education (Australia).
He served on the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) “Commission on Media” from 2005-2008. For several years he helped plan the NCTE Annual Film Screening series at the organization’s annual conference. He tweets @fbaker.
He has hosted and participated in webinars with the Media Education Lab (University of Rhode Island), NCTE, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development), School Library Journal, and the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE).
His first book, “Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies,” was published by Capstone Press (2007). He contributed a lesson plan to: “Lesson Plans for Creating Media-Rich Classrooms” (NCTE 2007). His second book, “Political Campaigns & Political Advertising: A Media Literacy Guide” was published by Greenwood Press (2009). He authored a chapter on media literacy in the ASCD text “Curriculum 21: Essential Education for A Changing World” (2010). His third book, “Media Literacy In The K-12 Classroom” was published by ISTE (2012). He has also contributed chapters to “Mastering Media Literacy” (Solution Tree Press, 2014). In the fall of 2016, the second (revised) edition of “Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom” was published by ISTE. In 2017, Routledge (in collaboration with MiddleWeb.com) published “Close Reading The Media- Literacy Lessons and Activities for Every Month of The Year.” In 2021, he contributed a chapter to "Kids & Today's Media" (Rowman & Littlefield).
In 2019, his lifelong work in media literacy education was recognized by UNESCO with its GAPMIL- Global Alliance Partnership for Media & Information
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September 22, 2022
In this compelling graphic true story by an author from my hometown, Columbia, SC, we learn what happened to two young people from Poland during the Holocaust. Bluma and Felix Goldberg were members of my Jewish community. Felix wanted their story told because everyone needs to know. We must never forget. We must drown out the deniers and we must let school age children learn the truth. Felix approached Frank Baker to get his story out. Baker put together a website www.storiesofSurvival.org with material he gathered from the Goldberg family and friends.
The words by Dwight Eisenhower were prophetic. He wanted the truth recorded for posterity, so he was present to see it firsthand in Dachau Concentration Camp.
Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some b%@$d will get up and say this never happened." - Dwight D. Eisenhower. .
Baker in collaboration with Tim Ogline and the Goldberg family wrote this book in graphic format that is relatable, interesting, and easy to read for young adults and adults to learn about the holocaust. With this story, Bluma and Felix, 2 Polish Jews capture their story and tell how they survived the horror of the Holocaust, the concentration camps and how they met in the Displaced Persons Camp near Munich, Germany after their liberation in 1945. They spoke about their trip to America on the General W M Black ship to New Orleans and by train to Columbia, SC where they were sponsored by the Hebrew Immigrant Aide Society and the Jewish Community of Columbia. They had a successful life with 3 children that can speak about their parents’ story today.
This book is heavy on historical facts but easy to digest to educate and portray the urgency repeating the elements of authoritarian and fascist history. Baker is donating all proceeds for Holocaust education and is distributing books to all middle and high schools in the state. He is also advocating the book to National Literacy and Social Studies organizations. This book should be recommended reading for everyone.
The words by Dwight Eisenhower were prophetic. He wanted the truth recorded for posterity, so he was present to see it firsthand in Dachau Concentration Camp.
Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some b%@$d will get up and say this never happened." - Dwight D. Eisenhower. .
Baker in collaboration with Tim Ogline and the Goldberg family wrote this book in graphic format that is relatable, interesting, and easy to read for young adults and adults to learn about the holocaust. With this story, Bluma and Felix, 2 Polish Jews capture their story and tell how they survived the horror of the Holocaust, the concentration camps and how they met in the Displaced Persons Camp near Munich, Germany after their liberation in 1945. They spoke about their trip to America on the General W M Black ship to New Orleans and by train to Columbia, SC where they were sponsored by the Hebrew Immigrant Aide Society and the Jewish Community of Columbia. They had a successful life with 3 children that can speak about their parents’ story today.
This book is heavy on historical facts but easy to digest to educate and portray the urgency repeating the elements of authoritarian and fascist history. Baker is donating all proceeds for Holocaust education and is distributing books to all middle and high schools in the state. He is also advocating the book to National Literacy and Social Studies organizations. This book should be recommended reading for everyone.
March 21, 2023
A staid and reverential biography of a South Carolina couple who were born in Poland, survived the concentration camps of the Nazis' Final Solution, and emigrated to the United States.
It leans a little too heavily on the broader history, allowing the personal story to get lost at times, but the big personalities of Felix and Bluma still manage to peek through. The narrative starts to take on Forrest Gump qualities at time as the couple are repeatedly transferred between almost every major camp the Nazis ran, sharing time and space with Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel while meeting Josef Mengele and Dwight Eisenhower.
I wish it weren't quite so stiff, but I still admire the testimony of people who persevered in the face of one of the greatest horrors in human history.
It leans a little too heavily on the broader history, allowing the personal story to get lost at times, but the big personalities of Felix and Bluma still manage to peek through. The narrative starts to take on Forrest Gump qualities at time as the couple are repeatedly transferred between almost every major camp the Nazis ran, sharing time and space with Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel while meeting Josef Mengele and Dwight Eisenhower.
I wish it weren't quite so stiff, but I still admire the testimony of people who persevered in the face of one of the greatest horrors in human history.
January 16, 2023
A fast but poignant read. Uniquely done with black and white illustrations. It would be a perfect for academic use. Even more special is that they lived in Columbia, SC where I reside.
August 2, 2024
“The story of our parents, Bluma and Felix Goldberg, is a difficult one to tell. Our hope is that people, young and old all over the world, will be able to feel a personal connection to our parents by reading their story.”
Felix Goldberg handed Frank Baker his speech after he had told his story at a Day of Remembrance event. His appeal? “Do something with it”. Felix’s story completely changed Frank Baker’s life. Even though the speech sat on his desk for some time, he knew that he had to keep their story alive somehow. The story began as a website (www.StoriesofSurvival.org) and then later this graphic novel was created to get their story into as many hands as possible.
If you’ve read MAUS I or MAUS II, then you’ll understand how difficult it can be to read about the horrors of the Holocaust in a graphic novel format. Seeing the illustrated images of those suffering can be difficult but it also makes it so much more real. For this reason, I recommend this book for mature teens as some of the images can be hard for kids to see on the page. Unfortunately, these horrific images are realistic portrayals of what happened in the concentration camps and part of the retelling of this story. To make sure something like this never happens again, we need to keep telling and teaching about the Holocaust.
This is the true story of sisters Bluma and Cela who ran away from their home in Poland after being warned that the Germans were coming. Even though they eventually surrendered when they could no longer continue hiding in the woods, they never saw their family again. Bluma and Cela were forced to live in various concentration camps. Felix also lived in Poland and his family chose to hide the fact that they were Jewish to protect themselves. Eventually, Felix joined the military. When the Polish army collapsed, Felix was captured and taken as a prisoner of war. He never saw his family again.
Besides the personal stories of survival, a historical timeline of events is also included in the book. Beginning with WWI to the rise of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party to Hitler’s rise in power and finally through WWII, I appreciated learning how the failings of WWI led to Hitler’s powerful takeover during WWII. This book is as much a history lesson as it is a story of survival.
After years of being in concentration camps, Felix and Bluma faced numerous atrocities. But, throughout all the hardships they each found a way to survive. Knowing the two of them survive the camps and make it through the war makes this a bit easier to read. However, it is still unbelievable to me all of the absolutely unspeakable things they and the other prisoners had to go through. Every time I read a book about the Holocaust, I learn something new and am reminded to be so grateful for our freedoms.
The book is broken up into sections as the war begins and as they are moved to various camps. We read both Felix’s story as well as his friend, David Miller’s, and Bluma and Cela’s stories. Eventually, their lives intersect as you can imagine from the title of the book. Long after WWII, Felix and Bluma continued to share their stories of survival by speaking at schools, synagogues, and events. They believed the reason they survived was to tell their story so no one ever forgets what happened to the Jewish people.
I believe this is a critical book to add to a Holocaust curriculum. These types of first-hand stories are rare, and the details along with the illustrations paint a realistic picture of the Holocaust that you won’t soon forget. Every new generation needs to be taught about what happened during the Holocaust. Their stories must be told over and over again. One way is through this book. Baker’s research and compelling storytelling as well as Ogline’s illustrations would make the Goldbergs proud to see their story forever a part of history.
Felix Goldberg handed Frank Baker his speech after he had told his story at a Day of Remembrance event. His appeal? “Do something with it”. Felix’s story completely changed Frank Baker’s life. Even though the speech sat on his desk for some time, he knew that he had to keep their story alive somehow. The story began as a website (www.StoriesofSurvival.org) and then later this graphic novel was created to get their story into as many hands as possible.
If you’ve read MAUS I or MAUS II, then you’ll understand how difficult it can be to read about the horrors of the Holocaust in a graphic novel format. Seeing the illustrated images of those suffering can be difficult but it also makes it so much more real. For this reason, I recommend this book for mature teens as some of the images can be hard for kids to see on the page. Unfortunately, these horrific images are realistic portrayals of what happened in the concentration camps and part of the retelling of this story. To make sure something like this never happens again, we need to keep telling and teaching about the Holocaust.
This is the true story of sisters Bluma and Cela who ran away from their home in Poland after being warned that the Germans were coming. Even though they eventually surrendered when they could no longer continue hiding in the woods, they never saw their family again. Bluma and Cela were forced to live in various concentration camps. Felix also lived in Poland and his family chose to hide the fact that they were Jewish to protect themselves. Eventually, Felix joined the military. When the Polish army collapsed, Felix was captured and taken as a prisoner of war. He never saw his family again.
Besides the personal stories of survival, a historical timeline of events is also included in the book. Beginning with WWI to the rise of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party to Hitler’s rise in power and finally through WWII, I appreciated learning how the failings of WWI led to Hitler’s powerful takeover during WWII. This book is as much a history lesson as it is a story of survival.
After years of being in concentration camps, Felix and Bluma faced numerous atrocities. But, throughout all the hardships they each found a way to survive. Knowing the two of them survive the camps and make it through the war makes this a bit easier to read. However, it is still unbelievable to me all of the absolutely unspeakable things they and the other prisoners had to go through. Every time I read a book about the Holocaust, I learn something new and am reminded to be so grateful for our freedoms.
The book is broken up into sections as the war begins and as they are moved to various camps. We read both Felix’s story as well as his friend, David Miller’s, and Bluma and Cela’s stories. Eventually, their lives intersect as you can imagine from the title of the book. Long after WWII, Felix and Bluma continued to share their stories of survival by speaking at schools, synagogues, and events. They believed the reason they survived was to tell their story so no one ever forgets what happened to the Jewish people.
I believe this is a critical book to add to a Holocaust curriculum. These types of first-hand stories are rare, and the details along with the illustrations paint a realistic picture of the Holocaust that you won’t soon forget. Every new generation needs to be taught about what happened during the Holocaust. Their stories must be told over and over again. One way is through this book. Baker’s research and compelling storytelling as well as Ogline’s illustrations would make the Goldbergs proud to see their story forever a part of history.
November 19, 2022
Broken into chunks of time, the lives of Felix Goldberg and his future wife Bluma are fleshed out, with their time in German concentration camps highlighted. Backmatter includes a section of Goldberg family photos; a page-long photo and biography about the author, illustrator, editor, the three children, and publisher; a timeline of events related to WWII and the Holocaust that include a few dates relevant to the Goldbergs; a glossary of terms; useful websites about the Holocaust; an index; and a QR code to a website with information about the Goldberg (no link given and a screenshot of the website).
The book opens strong with seven pages showing a visit to the graveside of their parents by the three Goldberg children - told in graphic novel format of action shown in frames and dialogue in word bubbles. Unfortunately, the GN format is almost completely tossed throughout the rest of the book; it doesn't even appear at the end to draw their time together to a close. Baker's text appears as mostly fact-based information that came from either a speech given by Felix Goldberg and the research about the Holocaust Baker has done. It is presented in text boxes with a hodge-podge of related maps and images behind the text - none as framed images. The text gets bogged down as it delivers too many well-known facts about the Holocaust that are often repeated in books about the topic, with little information left for the artwork to show the reader. A few sections of frames where action is shown and dialog reveals thoughts and feelings can be found in the book; those are the best, most interesting parts of the book. Unfortunately, those sections are few and far between.
When finished, readers will feel as if they have read an overview about the Holocaust using Felix and Bluma's life story as a framework to hang it on. Readers never really learn too much about the couple as individuals or how they were transformed by the trauma of their experiences and the time spent in captivity because they were objectified by what they did or what was done to them. While theirs is an exceptional story to their friends and family, there is little given here that makes their story markedly different from so many other biographies about the Holocaust.
Unfortunately, most graphic novel readers will find this a boring read. To market this a "graphic novel" was a mistake, as this well-intentioned effort is not true to the format. This appears to be Baker's first attempt at writing a GN, as an experienced graphic novel editor would have helped shape this work - both text and illustrations - into a lively, effective story rather than a spewing of facts set on top of some generic-feeling illustrations.
An optional purchase for those who collect everything about the Holocaust, for grades 5-8.
The book opens strong with seven pages showing a visit to the graveside of their parents by the three Goldberg children - told in graphic novel format of action shown in frames and dialogue in word bubbles. Unfortunately, the GN format is almost completely tossed throughout the rest of the book; it doesn't even appear at the end to draw their time together to a close. Baker's text appears as mostly fact-based information that came from either a speech given by Felix Goldberg and the research about the Holocaust Baker has done. It is presented in text boxes with a hodge-podge of related maps and images behind the text - none as framed images. The text gets bogged down as it delivers too many well-known facts about the Holocaust that are often repeated in books about the topic, with little information left for the artwork to show the reader. A few sections of frames where action is shown and dialog reveals thoughts and feelings can be found in the book; those are the best, most interesting parts of the book. Unfortunately, those sections are few and far between.
When finished, readers will feel as if they have read an overview about the Holocaust using Felix and Bluma's life story as a framework to hang it on. Readers never really learn too much about the couple as individuals or how they were transformed by the trauma of their experiences and the time spent in captivity because they were objectified by what they did or what was done to them. While theirs is an exceptional story to their friends and family, there is little given here that makes their story markedly different from so many other biographies about the Holocaust.
Unfortunately, most graphic novel readers will find this a boring read. To market this a "graphic novel" was a mistake, as this well-intentioned effort is not true to the format. This appears to be Baker's first attempt at writing a GN, as an experienced graphic novel editor would have helped shape this work - both text and illustrations - into a lively, effective story rather than a spewing of facts set on top of some generic-feeling illustrations.
An optional purchase for those who collect everything about the Holocaust, for grades 5-8.
September 26, 2022
The rendering of this biography of the Tishgarten sisters Cela and Bluma as well as the Goldberg's specifically Felix. It's nothing to spoil to say that Bluma and Felix end up falling in love, marrying, and moving to the United States after surviving the Holocaust and war in slave labor camps, concentration camps, and through Death Marches to carry the torch of discussing the atrocities.
What this graphic novel biography does though is capture the history in a way that is accessible to the audience of middle school and high school students in the black and white illustrations while focusing on these three (the sisters who ended up being able to stay together for so long) and then when they met Felix. (Cela married a friend of Felix's) Particularly it shows the interconnection of Poland, Russia, and Germany geographically, culturally, politically, and religiously.
In addition, it still gives the necessary focus to the survivors who overcame obstacles, pain, torture, starvation, and beatings. It was a whole team that put this graphic novel together. It includes an index, glossary, afterword, resources, family photos, and a massive amount of backmatter in general to further engross the reader. It's was the reality of so many and not all were willing to openly discuss it as did Bluma and Felix.
The mashup of art in black and white with the narrative and dialogue work so well, never crowding each other out.
What this graphic novel biography does though is capture the history in a way that is accessible to the audience of middle school and high school students in the black and white illustrations while focusing on these three (the sisters who ended up being able to stay together for so long) and then when they met Felix. (Cela married a friend of Felix's) Particularly it shows the interconnection of Poland, Russia, and Germany geographically, culturally, politically, and religiously.
In addition, it still gives the necessary focus to the survivors who overcame obstacles, pain, torture, starvation, and beatings. It was a whole team that put this graphic novel together. It includes an index, glossary, afterword, resources, family photos, and a massive amount of backmatter in general to further engross the reader. It's was the reality of so many and not all were willing to openly discuss it as did Bluma and Felix.
The mashup of art in black and white with the narrative and dialogue work so well, never crowding each other out.
January 25, 2023
Such an important story! I'm so glad this was made available to all readers by creating a graphic novel of this important time in history. The story of Bluma and Felix and their time spent in concentration camps during WWII is absolutely one which must be read. We really cannot afford to forget what happened, so it can't happen again.
That said, my only complaint about this book is it's so word heavy. To me a graphic novel needs to use the medium fully - to tell the story through pictures and words combined. Too often all we saw were random headshots of people and a lot of text. I can't help but wonder if this could have been done differently to make this more accessible to students who might not be as comfortable reading...?
Regardless, this is a powerful book and the story is incredible. How they survived is nothing short of a miracle. Definitely worth reading!
That said, my only complaint about this book is it's so word heavy. To me a graphic novel needs to use the medium fully - to tell the story through pictures and words combined. Too often all we saw were random headshots of people and a lot of text. I can't help but wonder if this could have been done differently to make this more accessible to students who might not be as comfortable reading...?
Regardless, this is a powerful book and the story is incredible. How they survived is nothing short of a miracle. Definitely worth reading!
September 16, 2022
Growing up in Columbia, I knew that my neighborhood friend Esther’s parents had been in a ‘concentration camp’ during WWII, but I didn’t really understand what that meant. I did know that they were amazing people to have survived.
I wish I’d had this book to read then. Written as a graphic novel, this book conveys the experiences of Bluma and Felix Goldberg and how they finally came to live in Columbia, SC., and raise a family. The Tile Center, on Two Notch Road, is probably familiar to most Columbians.
As history is trying to continually repeat itself, this is a book to share with younger readers in your life.
I wish I’d had this book to read then. Written as a graphic novel, this book conveys the experiences of Bluma and Felix Goldberg and how they finally came to live in Columbia, SC., and raise a family. The Tile Center, on Two Notch Road, is probably familiar to most Columbians.
As history is trying to continually repeat itself, this is a book to share with younger readers in your life.
July 18, 2023
Educator recommended graphic novel about two Holocaust survivors from South Carolina. This was a great graphic novel for both middle and high school with a glossary of unknown words, details about their experience, and information about the event and those that deny it. Some surface level history, so not for advanced classes, but great for interest and starting point.
February 3, 2025
Excellent graphic novel! Would highly suggest.
March 12, 2023
Concise and informative description of a Jewish couple’s experience of WWll. Their time spent in a variety of different concentration camps and in different work situations.
February 19, 2023
I have not read many graphic novels, but I can see why this format is so important for telling of the story of Bluma and Felix Goldberg. The images help bring the characters to life. Along with the early stories of the childhoods of the two main characters, the images remind the reader that the events happened to real people, with families and friends and hobbies and dreams. The images also help bring out the horrific consequences of hatred and bigotry. I was able to relate to Bluma and Felix, getting to know them like friends and neighbors, making the inhumane treatment they and others were subjected to even more horrifying. Sadly, U.S. politicians are passing laws to ban books like this from school libraries because they are too disturbing. We need to be disturbed. We need to be so disturbed we will not let tragedies like this happen again. And society needs to see the parallels that are already happening in the United States and around the world, so it will not happen again. I am proud of my TEP fraternity brother, Frank Baker, for the innovative and effective way he got this important story told.
January 29, 2023
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
A graphic nonfiction that shows and tells the survival stories of Bluma and Felix Goldberg, young Polish Jews, during WWI & II. With haunting imagery, this book reminds us of the dangers of propaganda and nationalism and how important it is to never forget this disturbing bit of history.
A graphic nonfiction that shows and tells the survival stories of Bluma and Felix Goldberg, young Polish Jews, during WWI & II. With haunting imagery, this book reminds us of the dangers of propaganda and nationalism and how important it is to never forget this disturbing bit of history.
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