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Clara's War

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In the classic vein of The Diary of Anne Frank—a heart-wrenching and inspiring story of a life lived in fear and cramped quarters—Clara’s War is a true story of the Holocaust.

Cara Kramer was a typical Polish-Jewish teenager from a small town at the outbreak of the Second World War. When the Germans invaded, Clara's family was taken in by the Becks, a Volksdeutsche (ethnically German) family from their town. Mrs. Beck worked as Clara's family's housekeeper. Mr. Beck was known to be an alcoholic, a womanizer, and a vocal anti-Semite. But on hearing that Jewish families were being led into the woods and shot, Beck sheltered the Kramers and two other Jewish families.

Eighteen people in all lived in a bunker dug out of the Becks' basement. Fifteen-year-old Clara kept a diary during the twenty terrifying months she spent in hiding, writing down details of their unpredictable life—from the house's catching fire to Mr. Beck's affair with Clara's neighbor; from the nightly SS drinking sessions in the room above to the small pleasure of a shared Christmas carp.

Against all odds, Clara lived to tell her story, and her diary is now part of the permanent col-lection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.


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Publisher: HarperCollins

Kindle Book

  • Release date: December 15, 2023

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780061864537
  • Release date: December 15, 2023

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780061864537
  • File size: 2736 KB
  • Release date: December 15, 2023

PDF ebook

  • File size: 2997 KB
  • Release date: December 15, 2023

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
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Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:6.1
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:4-5

In the classic vein of The Diary of Anne Frank—a heart-wrenching and inspiring story of a life lived in fear and cramped quarters—Clara’s War is a true story of the Holocaust.

Cara Kramer was a typical Polish-Jewish teenager from a small town at the outbreak of the Second World War. When the Germans invaded, Clara's family was taken in by the Becks, a Volksdeutsche (ethnically German) family from their town. Mrs. Beck worked as Clara's family's housekeeper. Mr. Beck was known to be an alcoholic, a womanizer, and a vocal anti-Semite. But on hearing that Jewish families were being led into the woods and shot, Beck sheltered the Kramers and two other Jewish families.

Eighteen people in all lived in a bunker dug out of the Becks' basement. Fifteen-year-old Clara kept a diary during the twenty terrifying months she spent in hiding, writing down details of their unpredictable life—from the house's catching fire to Mr. Beck's affair with Clara's neighbor; from the nightly SS drinking sessions in the room above to the small pleasure of a shared Christmas carp.

Against all odds, Clara lived to tell her story, and her diary is now part of the permanent col-lection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    HarperCollins

    Kindle Book
    Release date: December 15, 2023

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780061864537
    Release date: December 15, 2023

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780061864537
    File size: 2736 KB
    Release date: December 15, 2023

    PDF ebook
    File size: 2997 KB
    Release date: December 15, 2023

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 6.1
    Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty: 4-5
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