Description: I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942–1944 is a collection of works of art and poetry by Jewish children who lived in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. They were created at the camp in secret art classes taught by Austrian artist and educator Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. The book takes its title from a poem by Pavel Friedmann, a young man born in 1921 who was incarcerated at Theresienstadt and was later killed at Auschwitz. The works were compiled after World War II by Czech art historian Hana Volavková, the only curator of the Jewish Museum in Prague to survive the Holocaust.Where known, the fate of each young author is listed. Most died prior to the camp being liberated. Very Good+ dust jacket. Dust jacket shows edge wear. ; 10.70 X 7.20 X 0.70 inches; 128 pages.
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Signed: No
Author: Volavkova, Hana, editor
Region: Europe
Publisher: New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964
Topic: WWII (1939-45)
Subject: Children's
Original/Facsimile: Original
