Fania's Heart: A Birthday Card in Auschwitz
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🕮 The Book of Life’s Canadian Correspondent Anne Dublin spoke to
author Anne Renaud after she won the 2018 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Fania’s Heart, a Holocaust picture book for older
readers. It’s the true story of a heart-shaped birthday card
created in Auschwitz at great personal risk by women prisoners, from
scraps of fabric, stolen materials, and glue made out of bread and
water, for the 20th birthday of fellow prisoner Fania
Landau Fainer. The real heart is now in the Montreal Holocaust Museum, and it’s one of the few surviving objects created by
prisoners of Auschwitz. Be sure to check out this documentary, which was the inspiration for Renaud to write this book.
For a book about Fania, aimed at teen readers, see Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott.
CREDITS:
- Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
- Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
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