1st Edition

Jewish Child Soldiers in the Bloodlands of Europe

By David M. Rosen Copyright 2022
138 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

138 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

138 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is about the experiences of Jewish children who were members of armed partisan groups in Eastern Europe during World War II and the Holocaust. It describes and analyze the role of children as activists, agents, and decision makers in a situation of extraordinary danger and stress. The children in this book were hunted like prey and ran for their lives. They survived by fleeing into the... Read more
1. I Flew Like An Arrow, 2. Strangers in the Forest, 3. From This Moment You Are My Son, 4. The Night Was Our Mother, 5. I Loved the Dynamite, 6. I Was Alone, 7. Bread Breaks Iron

Biography

David M. Rosen is Professor of Anthropology at Fairleigh Dickinson University. His recent books include Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination: From Patriots Victims (2015) and Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism (2005). He has carried out research in Israel, Palestine, Sierra Leone and Kenya.

"The book is an important scholarly resource for academics, teachers and students working in the area of Holocaust studies, genocide studies, as well as childhood and youth studies."Urzsula Markowska-Manista, Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschicht.