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The Heart from Auschwitz

Montreal Holocaust Museum

Ideal for classroom use with Grades 5-8.

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The Heart from Auschwitz activity enables the study of the historical context in which the Heart was created while focusing on spiritual resistance during the Holocaust. On the day of her 20th birthday, Fania Fainer received a heart-shaped card while she was a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Another young woman, Zlatka Pitluk, risked her life to make her this birthday present.



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