Hanas Suitcase, Karen Levine
Hanas Suitcase, Karen Levine
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Hana's Suitcase
A True Story

Author: Karen Levine

Narrator: Stephanie Wolfe

Unabridged: 1 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/20/2009


Synopsis

In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children’s Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan. On the outside, in white paint, were these words: Hana Brady, May 16, 1931, and Waisenkind – the German word for orphan.Children who saw the suitcase on display were full of questions. Who was Hana Brady? What happened to her? They wanted Fumiko Ishioka, the center’s curator, to find the answers.In a suspenseful journey, Fumiko searches for clues across Europe and North America. The mystery of the suitcase takes her back through seventy years, to a young Hana and her family, whose happy life in a small Czech town was turned upside down by the invasion of the Nazis.“Like the very best of museum exhibits, Hana’s Suitcase shows how facts and objects can be put together to honour its subject in a very personal and loving way. Highly recommended.” – The Toronto Star“Skillfully, and with great sensitivity, Levine weaves together the two stories, alternating that of a young life shattered in increments and that of Fumiko Ishioka’s relentless search for answers.” – The Globe and Mail

About Karen Levine

Karen Levine has won many awards for her work in radio, including two presigious Peabody Awards (Canada) - one for the documentary Children of the Holocaust. This book is based on Karen's CBC radio documentary, also called Hana's Suitcase, which appeared on The Sunday Edition (Canada)and which won the gold medal at the New York International Radio Festival.


Reviews

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma on November 15, 2018

5★ “My son — Gabriel Zev Enright Levine — is six years old now, too young to know Hana's story. But when he is old enough, I'll read it to him. I hope he will be as drawn to Hana, George and Fumiko as I was. I also hope he will learn from the story that history matters, and that despite the most unsp......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on March 31, 2009

This well-written, surprisingly enjoyable book starts in Czechoslovakia in the early 1900's where a little girl named Hana is born and grows up in a loving family with her older brother. Then it switches- for the next chapter- to modern-day Japan where a young lady is putting together a museum for c......more

Goodreads review by Angela M on June 29, 2014

While reading this true story about an 13 year old holocaust victim ,written for children , I couldn't help but be reminded of The Diary of a Young Girl and how in spite of the horrendous circumstances of both Anne and Hana our spirits can be uplifted. Fumiko Ishioka , Director of the Tokyo Holocaus......more

Goodreads review by Nati on May 13, 2015

Hana's Suitcase is a surprisingly well written and entertaining story, despite the tragic tone contained in the book. This isn't a simple story about the Holocaust. This is the tale of a young child who is too innocent to face the horrors she had to endure, and also of a girl willing to do anything to......more