The children of Izieu

Written by Causse Rolande
Illustrated by Rapaport Gilles

  • Picture Book
  • Age group: 8 and up
  • Pages: 80
  • Format: 19,5 x 27,5 cm
  • Hardcover
  • RP: 22 CAN $

April 6, 1944, Izieu (in the Eastern French département of Ain): 44 children and 7 adults, all Jewish, were arrested by the Gestapo and German soldiers on Klaus Barbie’s orders. The 44 children were deported, gassed, and burned at Auschwitz. Among the adults, only teacher Léa Felblum survived. This is an 80-page illustrated edition of the work originally published by Le Seuil Jeunesse.

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