Holocaust Remembrance Author Event In White Plains Public Library

White Plains NY

15 January, 2022

5:29 AM

Description

Press release from the White Plains Public Library: January 14, 2022 The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. To find out more, click here. Find our OverDrive/Libby reading list here. Holocaust Remembrance Day Virtual Author Visit Thursday, January 27th 4:30–5:30 p.m. Click here for the Zoom link. Join us for a visit from author Michelle Bisson to discuss her book, Hedy's Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the Holocaust (Library Collection / eBook / Hoopla). This event is for children in fourth grade and up, including adults. Children's Reading List Benno and the Night of Broken Glass by Meg Wiviott Library Catalog Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Library Catalog / eBook The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Library Catalog / eBook Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier Library Catalog The Cats In Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse Library Catalog Refugee by Alan Gratz Library Catalog / eBook Survivors of the Holocaust by Kath Shackleton Library Catalog / eBook The Hidden Children by Howard Greenfeld Library Catalog Rescuing the Children by Deborah Hodge Library Catalog / eBook We Had To Be Brave by Deborah Hopkinson Library Catalog / eBook We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman Library Catalog The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco Library Catalog The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren Library Catalog / eBook This press release was produced by the White Plains Public Library. The views expressed are the author's own.