Clara's Story

By Clara Isaacman

Book Overview

The human dimensions of the Holocaust come to life for young readers in Clara's story of survival in Nazi occupied Antwerp as a hidden child. Ages 10 plus. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827605064
• ISBN13: 9780827605060
• Release Date: April 1984
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.3" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Youthful experience of hiding during the Holocaust

This is the story of a young girl and her family's escape from Nazi persecution. It begins with Hitler's anti-Jewish activities and the refusal of Jews in Belgium to be cowed by Hitler's threats. Clara's family had fled six years earlier from anti-Semitic persecution in Romania, after her father had been beaten. After the Nazi invasion of Belgium in 1940, Clara experienced the rapid deterioration of life for Jews in Europe as her family's comfortable middle class life came apart and they were forced to wear yellow stars. And yet many still showed tremendous valour. Clara's Zionist youth-group leaders travelled on a train through occupied Belgium wearing Zionist youth-group uniforms. Certainly some courage that Jews, in these sombre and frightening days of anti-Israel/anti-Semitism, could learn from. Into hiding Clara took a Star of David, with Zion engraved on one side and Clara on the other. Clara and her family spent several years hiding in attics and secret rooms. The book focuses on the experience of surviving the holocaust from a youthful perspective and concentrates on the concerns of youth. It is especially recommended for teens and pre-teens to learn about life in Europe during this period.

Clara's Story

This is one of the best books I have ever read.I would recomend this book to anyone interested about the holocaust. She is a very courageous person and she keeps you in suspense the entire time.

excellent story written about the holocaust

This story was very interesting in how the writer was never in a concentration camp, but how many different places she lived and the different hardships she had to face. I recommend this book to everyone.