Peter Lantos: The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die
In the Reading Corner
English - January 15, 2023 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEducation children's literature writers illustrators literature education reading creative writing publishing teaching Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Neuroscientishttps://justimagine.co.uk/review/the-boy-who-didnt-want-to-die/t and Holocaust survivor, Peter Lantos, has written a children's book about his childhood experience of being sent, aged 5 years old, with his family from Hungary to Bergen Belsen. In this episode, he talks to Nikki Gamble about his reasons for writing a children's book, his experiences, and his hopes for future generations.
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A story of survival - and of enduring hope in the face of unspeakable hardship - on an extraordinary journey, made by Peter, a boy of five, through war-torn Europe in 1944 and 45. Peter soon realises that this new adventure is really a nightmare, watching bombs falling from the blue sky outside Vienna, and learning maths from his mother in Belsen.
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