Hanas koffer karen levine biography

In , a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan, marked "Hana Brady, May 16, " The center's curator searches for..

Hanas Koffer

November 15, 2018

5★
“My son — Gabriel Zev Enright Levine — is six years old now, too young to know Hana's story.

But when he is old enough, I'll read it to him.
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A biography of a Czech girl who died in the Holocaust, told in alternating chapters with an account of how the curator of a Japanese Holocaust center.
In , a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan, marked "Hana Brady, May 16, " The center's curator searches for.
"Hana's Suitcase" tells the story of a Czech girl, Hana Brady, and how her tragic fate in the Second World War came to touch the hearts of children.
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I hope he will be as drawn to Hana, George and Fumiko as I was. I also hope he will learn from the story that history matters, and that despite the most unspeakable evil, good people and good deeds can make a difference.”[In author’s acknowledgements]

Here you can see the cover of the book a little more clearly.

Cover photo of Hana

This wonderful project began because an anonymous Japanese donor felt it was important for Japanese kids to understand history and work towards world peace.

Many young people in Japan, may not realise that during World War Two, Japan was allied with Germany. They doubtless know about the atom bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima but may not be aware of what Hitler was actually doing.

In this book, he is wiping out Czechoslovakian Jews.

Fumiko Ishioka is the young directo