Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen

by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick and Michelle R. McCann

Book Overview

In December 1944, a young Jewish prisoner in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp heard the cries of 46 abandoned children. For the next four months, Luba Tryszynska managed to keep those children... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582460981
• ISBN13: 9781582460987
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Tricycle Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.1" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Heartwarming Holocaust Survival Story.

This book is so touching. The illustrations are so beautiful. Luba had lost her husband and son in the Roundups and murders of Jews. She had survived and was alive in the concentration camp for the first night. She hears children crying. She gets up and goes outside to find 54 children in the field. This is a story of her brave acts to save these children. Learning who she could and could not trust in the camp. It is nothing short of a miracle that 52 of them survive to be liberated. Read it with your children and grandchildren. Talk about it and how they/we have the power to never let this happen again.

Luba by Michelle McCann

Truly a rare addition to classic children's literature. McCann's ability to interpret this complex history of human tragedy into a meaningful children's story is unique. Daily the world reminds us of the terrible things that people do to each other. It is more important than ever, that children learn the world needs heroes.

Beautiful illustrations

I really enjoyed this beautifully illustrated, touching children's book, a great gift for children and adults. Should be part of a any good book shelf, next to the other intelligent and artful children's books.

Beautifully illustrated

I really enjoyed this beautifully illustrated, touching children?s book, a great gift for children and adults. Should be part of a any good book shelf, next to the other intelligent and artful children?s books.

Inspiring, Heroic and Educational

This beautifully illustrated children's book addresses the strength of human character that can emerge during even the worst of times. The presentation of this story engages it's young reader while effectively educating them about a very important time in history. I was impressed with Luba's ability to elicit empathy in the people she dealt with, allowing them to become more decent and humane. The story of Luba's loving and heroic soul belongs every school library.