{"product_id":"tommy-bedrich-fritta","title":"Tommy - Bedrich Fritta","description":"\u003cp\u003eI was born in Israel in the twilight of that innocent age when the word\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Sabra\" was still a source of inspiration, of heartfelt pride. The early years of my education were in a remote desert community filled with small-town intimacy. The word Holocaust was uttered on\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRemembrance Day with reverent awe during solemn ceremonies and municipal gatherings attended by a few remaining survivors. Six million.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFear. Gestapo. Cremation. Guilt. Loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrphans. Death. Survival. Harsh words, incomprehensible to the ears of a small child living a comfortable life under free skies. Even when I grew up and made my way in search of the right questions, the Holocaust remained locked away, shrouded in its hallowed entirety in mourning and lamentation. Then, as if by a small miracle, this children's book crossed my path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA picture book drawn in the Terezin ghetto for a boy, a son, by his father, as he stood on the threshold of death. Pictures of you drawn by your father. Simple drawings, filled with humor, depicting the daily life of a three-year-old child in a normal world. Color sketches on crude paper, whose light, hope, faith and love, reflect and are reflected in each line and stroke. Here was the essence of a man who chose life, even as his feet sank further and further into the Valley of the Shadow of Death. A man who chose hope and faith and love, and the beauty of each fleeting moment. Who chose life until the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd herein lies the charge - the message of a man-number who refused to allow the digits seared into his flesh to erase his identity, but rather used them to illuminate the beauty and the wonder within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis light, which shines from these pages, reveals a new and different way of understanding. I feel deeply privileged to have been touched by the light of this work and grateful for the wisdom within it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEyal Kaplansky\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJerusalem 1999\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFabric bound hardcover, with cello printed dust jacket. Inside illustrations on cream paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYad Vashem publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook measures: 29cm (w) 23cm (h)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yad Vashem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44944208691269,"sku":"871","price":39.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/tommy-bedrich-fritta-tommy-1-1353936.jpg?v=1777833983","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/tommy-bedrich-fritta","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}