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1986 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOKS AWARDS
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FICTION
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The Unloved: From the Diary of Perla S.,
by Arnost Lustig; trans. by
Vera Kalina-Levine (Arbor House)
A brilliant, powerful, and compassionate novel about the
despair and terror of the edge-of-knife existence in a concentra
tion camp. Lustig, himself a survivor, has written a stark yet
poignant tale of a young girl trapped in a nightmare world. With
out sacrificing harrowing realism or indulging in sentimentality,
the author has created not only a portrait of horror, but of
human endurance, dignity, and heroism. It is a memorial to the
victims of the Holocaust; a testimony to the resilient and abiding
human spirit.
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Dr. Benjamin Nelson, Fairleigh Dickinson University;
Robert Kotlowitz, vice-president, WNET; Harvey Shapiro, poet.
HOLOCAUST
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The Destruction o f the European Jews',
revised edition, by Raul
Hilberg (Holmes and Meier)
The crowning achievement of a lifetime of dedicated work,
Raul Hilberg’s monumental book is destined to remain an indis
pensable source for all those interested in the Holocaust. Profes
sor Hilberg uses his skills as an historian-political scientist to pro
vide the most comprehensive and authoritative account of the
technical and bureaucratic methods used by the perpetrators to
destroy the Jews in Nazi-dominated Europe. By reason of its orig
inality, encyclopedic nature, and empirical documentation,
The
Destruction of the EuropeanJews
is bound to remain one of the most
important and enduring historical works.
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:
Jud ith H. Muffs, Anti-Defamation League of B’nai
B’rith; Dr. Yaffa Eliach, Brooklyn College; Dr. Randolph L.
Braham, Graduate Center, CUNY.
ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN’S BOOK
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Brothers,
by Florence B. Freedman and Robert Andrew Parker,
illustrator (Harper & Row)