Each man, woman, and child was shaved bald, given a set of clothes belonging to someone else, tattooed with a serial number, and given a small shelf to sleep upon. Family members were not recognized as units, and kept apart. Each camp carried its own indelible stamp of heinousness. Today, renewed efforts are being made to educate those born after this time about the events of the Holocaust. The National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. is one example.
Many books are in print, for adults and for children, regarding the Holocaust.
She received her BA from Smith College and master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts. She has authored more than 170 books. Jane Yolen also is a storyteller, a song composer, and a mother. All Jane Yolen's stories are rooted in her sense of family and self. Her writing of The Devil's Arithmetic is authenticated by her own family traditions as a Jew.