Product Description

A comprehensive anthology of the literature about the Holocaust by such writers as Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Helen Epstein, and Simon Wiesenthal, this collection is organized thematically covering aspects of the Holocaust from the beginnings of pre-war anti-Semitism to life after the liberation of Europe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #145981 in Books
• Published on: 1996-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 579 pages

Review
This comprehensive anthology of Holocaust experiences and hatred uses poetry, fiction, nonfiction and drama to bring alive the images and experiences of the event. Courage as well as cruelty are forces explored through this collection of literature from victims, witnesses and descendants: the result blends historical insights with first-person meaning and will prove especially important to future generations. -- Midwest Book Review

Customer Reviews

FANTASTIC Teacher Resource!!!!!
I am a middle school English teacher and I purchased the anthology for additional resources for my Anne Frank Unit. The material included in the anthology contains wonderful poetry, memoirs, plays and journal entries from an immense number of sources, from Elie Wiesel to children lost in the Holocaust. The anthology is powerful and moving! The information within the text covers multiple aspects of the Holocaust. I enjoyed the material which brought attention to the guilt individuals who survived the Holocaust experienced after learning their loved ones were lost (it was touching class discussion material and really promoted thoughtful dialog throughout the students.) Material ranges in appropriateness, some worked great for middle school students while other would be more suitable for more mature audiences!!! Fantastic investment!!! You WILL NOT regret purchasing "Images from the Holocaust: A Literature Anthology."

good book for holocaust studies
many many stories of people afflicted by the Holocaust, great source for majoring in Holocaust Studies, take a look at Landau's Holocaust too, good text.

this book is a complation of stories and poems, not a history of the Holocaust

Images from the Holocaust: A Literature Anthology
Wonderful book. I use this with a college course I teach "Literature and Multimedia of the Holocaust." Excellent excerpts from larger works as well as some complete works. Variety of memoirs, essays, diaries, poems, commentaries, all sorted by theme. I use this book with Yehuda Bauer's History of the Holocaust. Students first read the chapter in Bauer's book on a topic such as life in the Warsaw Ghetto or in the camps. They then read the literary pieces in this anthology that follow the same theme. In this way they first get the historical foundation and then the personal, literary side of the same topic, written by people close to the horrors. The book truly "puts a face on the Holocaust" which is essential if Holocaust education is to accomplish it's goal. I have used this book for many semesters and highly recommend it.
Richard A. Gair, Professor of Holocaust Studies, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida