Czech children s author explores British Schindler in new book Reuters 3 days ago
By Kristyna Jandova
PRAGUE, April 12 (Reuters) - Czech children’s author and illustrator Petr Sis whose earlier works have explored adventurers and dreamers such as Christopher Columbus, Galileo Galilei and Charles Darwin has taken on a subject closer to home in his new book.
In Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued, Sis twins the stories of Nicholas Winton dubbed the British Schindler for his role in rescuing hundreds of Czech Jewish children during the Holocaust with that of a young girl he saved.
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Susan Faust April 7, 2021
The annual Holocaust Remembrance Day takes on added importance this year when Thursday, April 8, is set aside to recall and renounce genocide.
Some folks at the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol did not get the “Never Again” memo. One guy sported a “Camp Auschwitz” T-shirt inside the building (he was arrested a week later in Virginia), while a woman gave a “Sieg Heil” salute outside.
These scenes are shocking. They place anti-Semitism and Aryan supremacy squarely in the present, not just the past. They also connect streams of prejudice, as also-present Confederate flags made abundantly clear that day.
A Captivating New Picture Book Celebrates the âBritish Schindlerâ
In âNicky & Vera,â Peter SÃs tells the story of Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 children from Czechoslovakia as World War II loomed.
Decades later, Nicky is honored for his work.Credit.Peter Sis
By Jennifer Krauss
NICKY & VERA
By Peter SÃs
âI was always looking up to the celebrated adventurers, explorers, inventors and dreamers. But I had not paid enough attention to the reluctant and quiet heroes,â Peter SÃs writes. In 2009, while visiting Pragueâs National Museum, he stumbled upon the 100th-birthday celebration for the man who was sometimes called the âBritish Schindler,â Nicholas Winton. âHere was a man who would see something wrong and do something to correct it, but who never claimed to be a hero.â
Vera Gissing, shown above at age 6, was one of 669 children from Prague whom Nicholas Winton helped save in the lead-up to World War II. (Courtesy of family of Vera Gissing)
How old should kids be when they start learning about the Holocaust? While many educators believe the appropriate age is 10, a new book by Caldecott honoree and MacArthur fellow Peter Sís is recommended for children ages 6 to 9.
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued tells the true story of the Englishman Nicholas Nicky Winton, who rescued 669 children from the Nazis, including Vera Gissing.