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A 6 page paper discussing the books 'Children At Play in the Holocaust: Games Among the shadows' by George Eisen and 'Children of the Holocaust: Conversations with Sons and Daughters of Survivors' by Helen Epstein. No additional sources are cited.
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from a unique perspective and allows us a new and equally fascinating (and often horrifying) view into the world Holocaust survivors endured and the experiences of both the survivors and
their families more than a half a century later. Dr. George Eisen is a professor of kinesiology and the director of
the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at California Polytechnic University. He is a former Fulbright Scholar, educated in Hungary, Israel, and the United States. A sociologist and
historian by training, he earned a teaching certificate in Israel. His undergraduate and Masters degrees are from the University of Massachusetts, with a special emphasis in anthropology. His
two doctoral degrees are from the University of Maryland and University of Budapest. In Maryland he studied history and in Busapest his focus was social psychology. His book, "Children
at Play in the Holocaust: Games Among the Shadows" won acclaim as Outstanding Book of the Year by the American Library Association in 1991.
Helen Epstein is a pioneering cultural journalist and author who has produced several works related to the issues of the "second generation," adults whose parents were survivors of the
Holocaust. Her best known work is the 1988 "Children of the Holocaust." Her book offers a truly unique perspective on this nightmare of world history by weaving stories
of the children of Holocaust survivors into a complicated and intricately patterned tapestry. She tells her readers the stories of real people and how their lives were different than
they should or could have been because of their parents horrific experiences. Many of the stories are abominable while others are genuinely inspiring. Difficult though it is to
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