“My favorite dreams are in my head now in this book and they have been said pain and suffering make little sense but at least we can all have Resilience. Avoid the mistake of following the past so that we can have humanity last please head this message loud and clear my hope for peace will soon be here”
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Resilience Amazing Courageous Stories of Young Holocaust Survivors
As I grew up, no story could ever compare what I heard around the dining room table and in the little park across the street from the school, told by people I thought of as my own family.
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The Author’s Story
My childhood was unique – I grew up surrounded by Holocaust survivors. My mother, my father, my grandfather, my aunts, my uncles and many of their friends were survivors. Many people who lost their families were always invited to join our family at the dining room table.
“We are all one and we must never
forget,”— Cheryl Reibel, Author
RESILIENCE is a legacy project; true Holocaust stories needed to be told. The book comprises thirty-seven stories because the number eighteen, in Hebrew, means “Life.” I came up with the 37 stories by double-counting eighteen to honor the two lives that survived and adding one more story to symbolize the next generation. These stories and illustrations capture and evoke the innocence and inner strength of these children, surviving even as the Nazis sought to crush both their hope and their lives. Read more…
"A Masterpiece"
The poems in Resilience are about Jewish children in Germany, Poland, and other areas of Eastern Europe enduring the events of the Holocaust (1941-1945 CE. )
“Deeply moving stories brought to life like never before.”
The suffering and death proved too much for many people – they despaired. However, for the children in these poems, they found hope in suffering, endured, and even fought back.Their experiences are varied: Some children escaped, others were forced to survive the horrors of the concentration camps. Many hid. But they survived.
“An important piece of Holocaust history vividly captured through poetry and art.”
These poems speak with the voices of survivors of the Holocaust. The poems in Resilience are about hope despite atrocity, love despite cruelty, and about finding the strength within and surviving.
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Holocaust Education
Cheryl Reibel is an experienced educator who has taken Resilience on the road. Her hour long classroom appearances galvanize your students into an awareness that inspires empathy, and awareness for the history of the Holocaust.
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