Supervivencia contra viento y marea: un viaje a través del ,Prisionero B-3087,

Read about the personal and true story of a young Jewish teen as we follow him through the years 1938-1945.

Each week we read 3-4 chapters of the book before each class. This course is designed to allow students to have an open discussion and have questions answered about this time in history. 

The story is about a memoir from a Holocaust survivor who lived in Poland during World War II. 

The author uses several literary devices to make this story both interesting and easy to follow as readers travel with Yanek from Poland in 1938, walking across Czechoslovakia, and into Germany, until he is liberated in 1945.

Yanek’s story is both inspiring for students and provides an opportunity for students to learn about the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust in a way that fosters a deeper connection to the material. During the reading, students will engage in activities focused on history and geography, such as tracing Yanek’s route and discussion of the Nazi Nuremberg Laws. 

The themes discussed are survival, cruelty, isolation, determination, chance, and coming of age.

Students do not have to have any background knowledge of World War II before completing this book study. 

The book is a total of 272 pages written for a middle and high-school audience.