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Child survivor memoirs and anthologies

The Child Survivors have written and published books specifically related to the experiences of child survivors of the Holocaust.

Memoirs by Child Survivors

A perfect distortion

By Marietta Elliot-Kleerkoper

A young life most unremarkable

By Henri Korn

A spoonful of soup

By Gary Gray

Amsterdam 1940-1945 : the shadow of my life

By Bep Gomperts

A Ballad by Johannes Brahms

By Suzanne Wright

Bananas are not boomerangs

By Mathel Gottlieb-Drucker

Blessings and curses.

By Shoshana Loven

Born to survive

By Nina Stone

Empty Corners

By Lucy Gould

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Escape to Les Vignes

By Annita Sharpe

Gazing at the stars

By Eva Slonim

The girl in the lion's mouth

By Dita Gould

Here today, where tomorrow?

By Hannah Sweetman

Hope for a better future

By Sara Saaroni

In two minds

By Paul Valent

Island of wakefulness

By Marietta Elliot-Kleerkoper

Just think it never happens

By Paulette Goldberg

Life goes on regardless...

By Sara Saaroni

A Life reclaimed

By Luba Olenski

My past is my future

By Henri Korn

My recollections of Holland (Unpublished Manuscript)

By Jozeph de Haan

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A patchwork life

By Eva Marks

Saviours

By Henri Korn

Shanghai Haven

By George Reinisch

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The sun will shine tomorrow

By Celina Widawski

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Tell it to the squirrels

By Judy Kolt

Anthologies by/about Melbourne Child Survivors of the Holocaust Group

Silent no more

Edited by Nina Stone

Heirloom

Edited by Marietta Elliot-Kleerkoper, Helen Gershoni and Floris Kalman

A point in time

Compiled by Viv Parry and Julia Reichstein

Child survivors of the Holocaust

By Paul Valent