Fritz and Kurt

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Obviously I have strong feelings about Holocaust deniers who say that the killing of six million Jews is a hoax,” he says. I want to reassure you, dear reader, that this story is accurately pitched, so please do not worry, your child or children will NOT be reading words with vivid descriptions of starvation, torture, or death. Throughout the book as well it showed different things that could have happened to Jews during this time, so you had some that managed to escape and become refugees, some that were killed or sent to ghettos and died as well as some being sent to concentration camps that proves the point that not everyone was sent to a concentration camp and that other things did happen to these people. The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have. Of the rise of right-wing politics worldwide, he adds: “I’m not a Trump supporter by any means, and I’m very much concerned with the rise of anti-Semitism in the US and what I’m hearing about neo-Nazis in Europe.

Fritz and Kurt : Jeremy Dronfield (author), : 9780241565742 Fritz and Kurt : Jeremy Dronfield (author), : 9780241565742

These sort of things should never have happened again, but unfortunately they very much are, all over the world. Did you know that Hitler and Germany’s Allies created over 44,000 concentration and internment camps during the war? As with so much else in life, we have to begin with memories and knowledge of what happened in the past, with understanding, and with compassion for our fellow human beings - all of them, not just the ones who look like us or share our beliefs. It's certainly not flawless, but whatever impact the older read had on the markets, this doesn't deserve any less - it will certainly tell about the War and the Holocaust with more clarity than a whole shelf of coursebooks. A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal also has a fine eye when it comes to showing what the child wrapped up in the Holocaust would lose.Discovering David Ziggy Greene’s art was a major step – his beautiful touch with stark, angular figures is perfect, with a charm and humour that help make the subject accessible for kids. The accompanying black and white illustrations tread a similar careful line between the trivial and the horrific, taking much from the style of contemporary graphic novels. One thing I would have liked would have been teachers' notes, as I suspect this may be well read in school classrooms studying WWII, and discussion questions would have been one useful addition.

Fritz and Kurt by Jeremy Dronfield | WHSmith Fritz and Kurt by Jeremy Dronfield | WHSmith

But only “based on known events, circumstances and knowledge of the personalities, feelings and beliefs of individuals at the time. It is palpable, the sorrow Gustav and Tini feel endlessly that they have to do everything within their power to separate themselves from their children, by getting them to safe haven, not knowing whether they themselves would survive to ever see them again, or be safe. Following this educational experience and the visit, I made a promise to myself that I would continue to educate myself and those around me on the horrific events that happened during the Holocaust and inhumanly treatment of Jewish community. The illustrations were excellent, and reminded me of Michael Foreman's regular WWII work with Michael Morpurgo.At 10 he enrolled in the second grade: 12 weeks later he had graduated through the classes to fifth grade. What has come to light recently is that one of the main influences on Hiltler's ideology was the USA’s own changes in immigration laws to prevent non-Nordic acceptable ‘races’ from entering the USA in the 1920s to prevent 'dilution' of the first settlers''superior' gene pool.

Fritz and Kurt – Books For Keeps Fritz and Kurt – Books For Keeps

That year Fritz and Gustav were arrested by the SS and sent to Buchenwald, where the concentration camp was under construction. A retelling of the Sunday Times bestselling The Boy Who Followed his Father into Auschwitz, a Daily Mail and Sunday Express book of the year.

Fritz gets sent to a Nazi concentrarion camp and Kurt goes to America to live with extended family as a refugee.

Fritz and Kurt - Penguin Books UK

We embarked on a buddy reading project my eight year old and I, and after each session, we had conversations, deep ones.

In an introduction, the author sets the story of Fritz and Kurt in its historical context, explaining what the Holocaust was, how it came about and who was affected. The story of the two Kleinmann brothers was first told in the best-selling The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz, but this edition has been especially written for younger readers more like the age of the boys themselves and also contains some additional material discovered since the first publication.