Children and play in the Holocaust
Subtitle: games among the shadows
By: George Eisen.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children in the Holocaust.; Play.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
Description: Studies the importance of "playing" to the survival of children in Nazi organized ghettos and concentration camps. illustrates how the feeling of normalcy created through play, provided not only a means of control by adults ...

But a psychological Force which allowed for spiritual survival. examines the nature of games played, emphasizing how games such as "blockade" and "gas Chamber" reflected the environment in which they were created and played.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [139]-147.
Includes index.