Resources for Marek
To continue your study of this topic and to help with your research, use the following additional sources. Books preceded by an asterisk are recommended for middle and high school students.
Books
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From the Alps to the Red SeaHerman, Marek, Israel: Ghetto Fighters’ Museum, 1985.Marek’s memoir of his experiences (in Hebrew).
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Lvov Ghetto DiaryKahane, David, trans. Jerzy Michalowicz, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1990.Account of the destruction of Lvov’s Jewish community and experiences of the author in hiding.
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The Italians and the Holocaust: Persecution, Rescue and SurvivalZuccotti, Susan, New York: Basic Books, 1987.Examines the experiences of Italian Jews during the Holocaust and explores why 85% of Italy’s Jews survived the war.
Websites
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http://www.jewishpartisans.orgAn interactive website with lessons about Jewish partisans
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http://www.gfh.org.il/engA museum and kibbutz in Israel founded by a community of Holocaust survivors, ghetto fighters, and partisans
Films
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The Long Way Home120 Minutes, 1997Academy Award-winning documentary of Holocaust survivors struggling to rebuild their lives in the years following WWII.
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Resistance: Untold Stories of Jewish Partisans84 Minutes, 2000In this group memoir, eleven men and women in their 70s and 80s, recount their battle against the Nazis in Poland, Lithuania, and Belorussia from 1941 to 1945.
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Partisans of Vilna130 minutes, 1986Tells the story of the young people who formed the Jewish partisan movement in Vilna, Lithuania. Based on archival footage from the war years and contemporary interviews with partisan survivors (including Abba Kovner, a founder of the partisan movement and one of Israel’s leading poets) the film explores the challenges of organizing resistance during the Holocaust.