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1) Dear Mary
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The story is essentially a thank you letter from a former
refugee child, for an aid package that was sent from
America in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Though the letter is addressed to Mary, it is also
addressed to all those who belong to the generation
of Mary. The story exudes messages of human love,
kindness, compassion and the power of goodness.
Miriam Steiner-Aviezer is a Holocaust child survivor, and the author of The
Soldier with...
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The Soldier with the Golden Buttons - Adapt For Youth
"The Soldier with the Golden Buttons - Adapt For Youth" presents a child's view of the Holocaust. It is the story of Jewish children wrenched from a carefree childhood to be overwhelmed by the brutal savagery of war. A few days are enough to turn them into adults forced to content with hunger and thirst, fear of death, and with the horror of being taken away from their mothers. Closed in a wagon,...
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Terry Johnson is a trouble shooter in the aviation industry working on business trips to the far east. Suddenly his driver said he had killed baby fetuses to make baby spirits go to work for him. 'We do it all the time said the driver.' 'How do you get a real baby?' Asked Terry. We pay a real women to get pregnant then after eight months have gone by, we make her have the baby. Then we put the baby on the roof in the sun and pray and chant over the...
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Autumn's choices left her misunderstood and isolated. She walked with oblivion. She found herself talking to only herself. The burden of knowing and seeing too much at a young age defined her stillness.
As I wander my way through the years. Sometimes searching to avoid my mind. Sometimes lost from promises and lies. Sometimes waiting to save me from myself.
The restrictions between my solitude life, my inconsistent creativity and my graphic implementation...
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Does it matter what my name is? I am a woman. Does it matter what my religion is? I believe in God. Does it matter what country I come from? I live on earth.
I am talking to you. Specifically, I am talking to your mind. Do you agree or disagree with all my philosophical, psychological, and logical thoughts? Some of my thoughts might probably be nonsense and illogical. Sometimes when I think profoundly about a matter, I often come to the conclusion...
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