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Fireflies in the dark

The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin

by Susan Goldman Rubin

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Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. Includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors.

In artConcentration campsArtists as teachersTheresienstadt (Concentration camp)Children's artArtistsJewish women artistsHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)HistoryJuvenile literatureBiographyWomen