Cover of Fireflies in the dark

Book 2001

Fireflies in the dark

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Publisher
Scholastic
Language
English
Published
2001
  • In art
  • Concentration camps
  • Artists as teachers
  • Children's art
  • Artists
  • Jewish women artists
  • History
  • Juvenile literature

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.