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True Stories Written by Kids for Kids

Trauma in Terezin

The True Story of Steen Metz

Written by Charleigh McCaw and Illustrated by Olivia Freyermuth

Young Steen Metz and his mother miraculously survived the Nazi concentration camp, Theresienstadt, during WWII. His father died of starvation in the camp, as did many others. Steen has said today’s youth are the last generation who will meet Holocaust survivors, so he was thrilled when students wanted to preserve his story for the future.

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