I Never Saw Another Butterfly

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I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942–1944 is a collection of works of art and poetry by Jewish children who lived in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. They were created at the camp in secret art classes taught by Austrian artist and educator Friedl Dicker-Brandeis. The book takes its title from a poem by Pavel Friedmann, a young man born in 1921 who was incarcerated at Theresienstadt and was later killed at Auschwitz. The works were compiled after World War II by Czech art historian Hana Volavková, the only curator of the Jewish Museum in Prague to survive the Holocaust. Where known, the fate of each young author is listed. Most died prior to the camp being liberated.

This resource features a packet with excerpts from the book from The Holocaust Center of Seattle, and a lesson plan from the Holocaust Museum of Houston. The lesson centers around creating butterflies in response to the poem. 

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Topic
  • Holocaust
  • Arts and Culture
  • Creativity and the Arts
  • History
Setting
  • After School and Beyond
  • Congregational Learning
  • Family Engagement
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas

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