Eve Soumerai recounts her childhood as a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi Berlin, as a teenaged refugee in the United Kingdom, and later as a young adult searching for answers in postwar Germany. This first-person memoir helps students understand the Holocaust and its effects by chronicling the life of an individual who lived through it. Eve's story engages readers as she retells chapters of her life, including memories of a birthday party, Crystal Night, life in England, and losing family and friends. The historical context of the Holocaust and the author's life unifies and clarifies events.This is the first book in the new Voices of Twentieth Century Conflict series for middle and high school students. A series foreword, timeline, glossary, and questions for discussion and reflection pertaining to each chapter are included. Primary documents and original photographs help students to experience being in someone else's shoes, making this book the perfect teaching tool for helping students understand important aspects of the Holocaust.

This first-person memoir helps students understand the Holocaust and its effects by chronicling the life of an individual who survived it.

To the TeacherForewordTimelinePrefaceDepartureBack to the BeginningMy Name Is EvchenEarliest MemoryMy FatherMy Fathers ParentsWhere We Come fromMy Mothers ParentsMy Very Best Friend, AdelheidGermany Between the WarsHitler's ElectionAdolf Hitler Becomes Chancellor of GermanyRemembering the Great WarMy First Big LieWhat Is a Communist?A Sweet Birthday PartyThe Last Happy SummerThe German Jews Lose Their Jobs, Their Property and Their RightsBad NewsSchool LifeConcerning a Good Eraser and Heinrich Himmler's UnderwearMy New Best FriendPapa DisappearsCrystal NightKristallnacht (Crystal Night)The Evian ConferenceAdelheid Leaves My LifeHolding OnKindertransportRefugeeReaching OutEnemy AliensNursery HelperRecipe for KindnessDeportations to the EastPaddington Green Children's HospitalThe War Comes to an EndSearching for AnswersDisplaced PersonsAllied Civilian EmployeeReturnPostscriptGlossarySources UsedFor Further Study