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Creative Arts And Writing Club Present: Issue No. 2 of
HIGHLIGHTS OF SECOND ISSUE:
The West Hollow Quarterly
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Mrs. Elisa Brosnan
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Mrs. Kim Sarrosick
Irving Roth Visits West Hollow Wolverminion Toy Drive Review of Zinburger Worlds AIDS Day Art Display At Starbucks Art Contest Winners....
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR IRVING ROTH VISITS WEST HOLLOW By Caroline Johnson-Grade 8 In December, eighth graders attended a moving assembly featuring Holocaust survivor Irving Roth, a Jewish man who had a perfectly normal life until his teenage years. He was born in Czechoslovakia in 1929, and lived with his older brother, parents and grandparents, until the German army marched in and changed everything. They passed laws forbidding Jews entry to parks, playgrounds, libraries, and even schools. When Jews were sent to concentration camps and killed, Mr. Roth lost his grandparents, his aunt, his cousin and even his own brother. As a teenager, he was held in concentration camps at Auchwitz and Buchenwald. Mr. Roth’s visit to West Hollow coincided with the movie premiere of the bestselling novel, The Book Thief. The novel, by Markus Zusak, tells the story of a young girl through the eyes of Death in Nazi Germany. The girl, Liesel, discovers her love for books and learns how to read them with a young Jewish man who hides in their basement. The novel teaches readers that with a book, the world can become so much better, even in the worst of times. Irving Roth, too, observed kindness among the midst of hatred. His parents survived because a woman acted against evil and hid his parents in her small apartment. Mr. Roth looked at us and told us one thing I will never forget: "When you see evil, fight it, and act kind." This statement, although so simple, carries a strong message and a moral that will never die. ISSUE NO. 2
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