Can It Happen Again?: Chronicles of the Holocaust [Hardcover]

Roselle K. Chartock Ed.D. (Editor), Jack Spencer (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 1995

A collection of over 100 eyewitness accounts, memoirs, documentary materials, and selections from eminent writers about the Holocaust and genocide.

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From the Back Cover

I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no man should witness. (CHAIM GINOTT)

"Could the Holocaust happen again? Over the years I have often put the question to my young students. And they, consistently, have answered yes, while I said no. I saw it as a unique event that would remain unique. I believed that if mankind had learned anything from it, it was that hate and murder reach beyond the direct participants; he who begins by killing another, in the end will kill his own. I was wrong. What happened once, could happen again. Perhaps I am exaggerating. Perhaps I am over-sensitive. But then I belong to a traumatized generation. We have learned to take threats more seriously than promises." (ELIE WIESEL)

"It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I kept them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death." (ANNE FRANK) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Roselle K. Chartock, Ed.D., is professor of education at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She taught social studies for fifteen years at Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, MA, where she resides. Her most recent publications include Educational Foundations: An Anthology and a chapter in Including Music in a Study of the Holocaust. She continues to write, lecture, and offer workshops on the subject of the Holocaust.

Jack Spencer has been part of the Berkshire Hills Regional School system in Great Barrington, MA for 30 years as a social studies teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent. He lives in Stockbridge, MA.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 376 pages
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (January 4, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884822266
• ISBN-13: 978-1884822261
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,045,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Student of MMRHS, May 9, 2000

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This review is from: Can It Happen Again?: Chronicles of the Holocaust (Hardcover)

I am a student of Bill Fields, one of the social studies teachers that did research for Mr. Spencer's book. It is a reading assignment and it is one that I have gotten quite involved in. The choices of text covers many features of the Holocaust. I found it was easy enough to read and interesting enough to keep my attention. I find it quite interesting and fun to know that the 9th period social studies senior class next to mine is taught by Mr. Spencer, the man who co-edited this book with Roselle Chartock, who, if you listen in to NPR, is Alan Chartock's wife. Tank you for doing this book Mr. Spencer, Fields and Beacco. It has been a good read.

0 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars IT FELT AS IF A CERYAIN ANGST TOOK OVER MY BODY, April 18, 2000

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This review is from: Can It Happen Again?: Chronicles of the Holocaust (Hardcover)

margeret joe would pee her pants after reading this! Her book was a minute contradiction of what is expressed throughout every scene and pictoral document enclosed.As they say a cat always shall land on its feet, perhaps because they are always frowned upon,the cat is more or less another symbol of hate, which you can see after critiqueing a subject several times. As my best friend Paul always says: cats are symbols in themselves,watch for them and pay very close attention to how cats relate to every aspect in which we live, an abundancy of cats will mean less configuration throughout lifes mysteries. The Holocaust relates to these cats in a way ive never seen.I read this book 4 days after my first cat attack<,which was with a boy named Pete who said to me: Myteries are signs, follow them. I could easly go on for another page or two, but i'll be frank if you read this book you'll never forget how hitlers infamous ways corrupted society and the world where children must play, learn, watch, and ultimitely teach.