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Children and play in the Holocaust : games among the shadows

Author: George Eisen
Publisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1988.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Studies the importance of "playing" to the survival of children in Nazi organized ghettos and concentration camps. illustrates how the feeling of normalcy created through play, provided not only a means of control by adults, ...

But a psychological Force which allowed for spiritual survival. examines the nature of games played, emphasizing how games such as "blockade" and "gas Chamber" reflected the environment in  Read more...

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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Eisen, George, 1943-
Children and play in the Holocaust.
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1988
(OCoLC)573359400
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: George Eisen
ISBN: 0870236210 : 9780870236211 087023708X 9780870237089
OCLC Number: 17385148
Notes: Includes index.
Description: xiv, 153 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The child and the Holocaust --
Play and community --
Play and the children --
Play and the human spirit --
They play before they die.
Responsibility: George Eisen.

Abstract:

Studies the importance of "playing" to the survival of children in Nazi organized ghettos and concentration camps. illustrates how the feeling of normalcy created through play, provided not only a means of control by adults, ...

But a psychological Force which allowed for spiritual survival. examines the nature of games played, emphasizing how games such as "blockade" and "gas Chamber" reflected the environment in which they were created and played.

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