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Tower of Life, The: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
Chana Stiefel
Illustrator: Susan Gal
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 978-1-3382-2589-1
Keywords: Nazis, Eishyshok, U.S. Hololocaust Museum, President Jimmy Carter, pre-WW II photographs
A Holocaust survivor collected thousands of photographs of the Jews of Eishyshok who perished duing World War II and of their descendants to create a permanent exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Evocative watercolor illustrations. Back matter.