January 27, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest network of camps established by the Nazi regime during the Second World War. Commemorate the liberation of Auschwitz in your classroom or library with The Magician of Auschwitz by Kathy Kacer and Gillian Newland (illus.), published by Second Story Press.

About The Magician of Auschwitz
The true story of Werner, a young Jewish boy in Auschwitz who shares his bunk with a kind, quiet man named Herr Levin. Levin seems like any other prisoner, until one night he performs magic for the guards, telling Werner that his life depends on his ability to entertain their captors.