The Holocaust was,without doubt, one of the most horrific atrocities committed in war history.During Adolf Hitler's twelve year reign of terror,he contributed to the deaths of over fifty million people during the Second World War. He created a racial state where people considered unfit to live there were either persecuted,enslaved, or murdered in the most callous and inhumane way.Hitler's goal was to kill all Jewish men,women and children. He succeeded in murdering six million of them. Those that survived that horrendous atrocity would endure the pain and trauma suffered for the rest of their lives.On 1st November 2005, the United Nations resolved to designate 27th January as an International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.An outreach programme with the theme " Remembrance and Beyond " was developed with the aim of firstly, remembering the victims of the Holocaust, and secondly, helping to prevent future acts of genocide.The theme for the 2012 International Day of Commemoration was "Children and the Holocaust". The United Nations remembers ,and honours, the memory of all the children who suffered and died at the hands of the Nazis.Hopefully,future generations will not have to suffer the same atrocities, pain and heartbreak.

Monday, 23 April 2012

The seamstress

The Seamstress

Sara Tuvel Bernstein

Berkley Trade; 1999

ISBN: 978-04251667307



The Seamstress is a memoir of the Holocaust. It is the story of SaraTuvel Bernstein, a Romanian who grows up to be a feisty fighter against anti-semitism .After receiving a scholarship to a school in Bucharest, Sara’s dream of gaining knowledge comes to an abrupt end when she throws an inkwell in the face of one of her professors after he makes a vicious anti- Jewish remark. She is expelled from the school and begins work as a seamstress.

After a series of incidents ranging from dramatic escapes to a year in a forced labor detachment, Sara ends up in Ravensbruck, a women’s concentration camp. Nineteen out of every twenty women sent there, died.

Amazingly, she survived to tell her story with passion,power,style, and a forgiving heart. A very moving Holocaust memoir.

The Seamstress
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