Book, Holocaust: experience and retransmission[LS]

Brazil was an important destination for refugees from Nazi persecution, despite the political ambiguity of the Brazilian government in the tragic years of the Second World War. They are people who rebuilt their lives and raised a family on the rubble of the Holocaust, keeping within themselves a valuable memory for understanding human folly and barbarity. Painful stories that could be rescued thanks to the great mobilization and organization effort undertaken by the Shoah Foundation. The results have appeared in dramatic, lively and incisive reports, revealing our weaknesses, our limits, our strengths, and which appear as beacons of resistance and indignation, references for future generations.Abraham Warth, Aleksander Henryk Laks, Chaim Najman, Edward Heuberger, Kurt Homburger, Lejbus Brener, Leon Herzog, Maria Yefremov, Roza Rudnic and Simone Goldring Soares, survivors of the Nazi extermination camps, know that their memories of pain and despair could play an important role in the formation of the young Brazilian nation. They know that their narratives, duly supported by historical and cultural references, will promote reflections essential to the establishment of a more just and less violent society. At a time when Brazil recognizes the importance and obligation of teaching the Holocaust in its schools, Holocaust: Experience and Retransmission, by researcher Sofia Débora Levy, which the publisher Perspectiva brings to its readership, is a primary source of reference for teachers, researchers and every citizen concerned with building a society here aware of its ethical commitments.