The City of Light
- 2019 INDIES Winner
- Silver, Juvenile Nonfiction (Children's)
Aimee Ginsburg Bikel’s shaping of her beloved late husband Theo Bikel’s tale of what he experienced as a little boy during the rise and explosion of hatred that preceded the Holocaust, is beautiful, painfully powerful, and a great gift. It is particularly meaningful in this time of mushrooming anti-Semitism, hatred and bigotry of every sort, worldwide, It is a riveting tale, made all the more meaningful by the shocking rise of anti-Semitism, and all form of bigotry, right here and right now.