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Jella Lepman

This book is the remarkable story of Jella Lepman, who, having left Germany to escape the Nazi regime in the 1930s, chose to return in the aftermath of the Second World War as 'Advisor on the Cultural and Educational Needs of Women and Children'.

In the early 1950s she established iBbY, now a worldwide movement with over sixty national sections.

The book includes photographs from the 1940s and 1950s, illustrating Jella Lepman's work and achievements. It is introduced by Tayo Shimo, then President of iBbY and includes a foreword by Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and an account of the International Youth Library yesterday and today by Dr Barbara Scharioth, its Director.

This book is a profound insight into the thinking of a remarkable woman.

Publisher: The O'Brien Press in connection with iBbY Ireland

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