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Bittersweet Legacy - Creative Responses to the Holocaust

Hold On
"Hold On" by Chandra Garsson

Bittersweet Legacy is an anthology of art, poetry and stories.  It is in book form as well as art exhibitions. Edited by Cynthia Moskowitz Brody; Published by University Press of America and The Judah Magnes Museum.

Contents

Chapter Introductions and Excerpts of Art and Poetry

  1. The American Experience of the Holocaust
    1. Sparing the Children
    2. Neighborhoods
  2. Through the Eyes of a Child
    1. The Hidden Child
    2. April 1943: Borszczow
    3. The Youngest Known Holocaust Survivor
  3. Survival
    1. Sosnowice, Poland, September 1939
    2. Supper
    3. A Little Beethoven in the Background
    4. Dying Instructions
    5. Angel: 178th Street, New York City
    6. Not Only in the Six-day War
  4. Inheritance
    1. Counting Backwards
    2. Aushchwitz - Second Generation
    3. Stones
    4. Birthright
  5. Facing the Enemy
    1. The Young Germans
    2. November Rain
    3. Speaking to One of Germany's Sons
  6. Chosen
    1. The Breaking of the Glass
    2. Gift of the Raspberry
    3. To My Children

Book Review

Art as a Healing Medium: Creative Responses to the Holocaust, Reviewed by Gillian McCann, Ph.D. Candidate, Religious Studies, University of Toronto.

Exhibition Availability

In January-February, 2000 at the Shenson Gallery of the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, California, Bittersweet Legacy was presented as a museum exhibit to much public acclaim.  Schools tours and related speakers evoked thoughtful responses from students of Junior High School through college ages.

The art of Bittersweet Legacy is available for future shows at galleries and museums.  Curators please contact Cynthia Brody at Cynbrody@aol.com or phone 925-926-6566 or 415-302-7847.

Bittersweet Legacy-Creative Responses to the Holocaust is suggested for personalized experience in the teaching of the Holocaust

Educational Presentations

Public presentations are also offered.  Please use contact information listed above.  Since there are 74 contributors to Bittersweet Legacy from across North America there are many opportunities for educational presentations.  Excellent material for teaching of the Holocaust, history, art sociology and 20th century literature.

Order Information

ISBN (paperback) 0-7618-1976-2     $50.50
ISBN (cloth)   0-7618-1975-4    $70.00
Order online and save 15% - www.univpress.com 

Bittersweet Legacy - Creative Responses to the Holocaust
Printed in Black and White
320 pages including 75 plates of art
Click here to read book review on Samuel Rosenthal Center For Judaic Studies's website.

** All material, written and artistic is under copyright law and may not be copied or duplicated without permission of the publisher.