From the author of ESCAPE FROM SOBIBOR, comes CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: DEAR ESTHER: The Classroom Edition by Richard Rashke. In October 1943, Esther Terner and 300 other Jews escaped from Sobibor, a Nazi death camp in eastern Poland. It was the biggest escape of WWII and the subject of ESCAPE FROM SOBIBOR. That book, and movie based on it, brought Esther many invitations to speak in public schools. Her courageous story generated hundreds of letters from children expressing their love, concern and outrage. ...
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From the author of ESCAPE FROM SOBIBOR, comes CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR: DEAR ESTHER: The Classroom Edition by Richard Rashke. In October 1943, Esther Terner and 300 other Jews escaped from Sobibor, a Nazi death camp in eastern Poland. It was the biggest escape of WWII and the subject of ESCAPE FROM SOBIBOR. That book, and movie based on it, brought Esther many invitations to speak in public schools. Her courageous story generated hundreds of letters from children expressing their love, concern and outrage. Those letters became the inspiration for the play, DEAR ESTHER. Historic Heroines is pleased to publish a special Classroom Edition of the heartfelt letters, poems, and drawings school children send Esther along with the play DEAR ESTHER, plus educational resources to support and extend History, Literature, Drama, and ESOL curricula. This book is also an excellent resource for Tolerance and Anti-Bullying programs. Esther's main goal in sharing her story was to spread love and empathy and to fight hatred and bigotry.
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