The Book of Names

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She decides to get on a plane and fly to Berlin for the book that has roused such interest, seems to be in code, one that can't be deciphered. N. General Assembly a resolution aiming to combat Holocaust denial and distortion, though several member states dabble in Holocaust denial, and antisemitism at the global body still runs rampant.

However, the story relies on some leaps of faith (especially Eva’s ability to master forgeries as easily as she does).Her own need for documents that pass Nazi scrutiny draws her into a life of secrecy and danger and soon she's one of the most prolific forgers in France. The exhibit will also feature a video clip highlighting the importance of remembering the names of Holocaust victims, and the reasoning behind the Names Recovery Project . Whimsical illustrations that help a child understand the context of each group, it's a lovely little bedtime read. the reader is treated like we are stupid - why did we need to be told 4 times within 40 pages about valuing her God given talent for artwork?

Loved this quote: “She doesn’t understand what it means to love books so passionately that you would die without them, that you would simply stop breathing, stop existing.

I did have trouble with the naivety of twenty three year old Eva when she first has to flee her home. Yad Vashem is inaugurating its Book of Names — a monumental installation containing the names of 4,800,000 victims of the Shoah — at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Many have no concept of the Holocaust ever happening and how it could be that 6 million innocent people were murdered in cold blood, including 1. I enjoyed the historical part of the story very much and more so after I found more information about forgeries during WWII and the work of the Resistance to smuggle persecuted people to safety.