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MY SECRET CAMERA: Life in the Lodz Ghetto

1 review
Frank Dabba Smith

Gulliver Books, 2000

An introduction for all ages
This book is a moving introduction for all ages to the ghettos of World War 2. The photographs were taken by Mendel Grossman, a prisoner in the Lodz Ghetto. He found a way to take secret photographs of fellow prisoners going through their daily life and the growing signs of the occupation, slavery and horrors going on under the eyes of those that followed. The most moving picture was the ...

Elsie's War: A Story of Courage in Nazi Germany
Frank Dabba Smith

Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2005

A follow-up to My Secret Camera, this photographic testimony for children is the inspiring story of Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, a member of the wealthy "Leica camera" family, who risked everything in order to help those who were being persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. The Gestapo found out about Elsie's activities, then she was torn from her children and imprisoned in dreadful conditions. The book tells a story of courage and self-sacrifice ...

The greatest invention of the Leitz family: The Leica freedom train

1 review
Frank Dabba Smith

Published by the American Photographic Historical Society, 2002

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The Leica Freedom Train The Leica is the pioneer 35mm camera. It is a German product - precise, minimalist, and utterly efficient. Behind its worldwide acceptance as a creative tool was a family-owned, socially oriented firm that, during the Nazi era, acted with uncommon grace, generosity and modesty. E. Leitz Inc., designer and manufacturer of Germany's most famous photographic product, ...

My Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz Ghetto

8 reviews
Frank Dabba Smith

Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2008

A must for schools
Tha little boy on the cover of the book is my brother, Moishele Minski. Standing behind him is my mother, Nacha Minska. They perished in the Nazi gas chambers. I was there in Lodz ghetto. That book is a painfilled reminder of what hate, prejudice and indifference lead to. Ruth Minsky Sender Author of THE CAGE. TO LIFE. THE HOLOCAUST LADY. Survivor of LODZ GHETTO.