Hidden Children

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Hidden Children

The Secret Survivors of the Holocaust

European history Oral history The Holocaust Social groups: religious groups and communities

Author: Jane Marks

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Language: English

Published by: Ballantine Books

Published on: 17th June 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9780804181464


About the Book

They hid wherever they could for as long as it took the Allies to win the war -- Jewish children, frightened, alone, often separated from their families. For months, even years, they faced the constant danger of discovery, fabricating new identities at a young age, sacrificing their childhoods to save their lives. These secret survivors have suppressed these painful memories for decades. Now, in The Hidden Children, twenty-three adult survivors share their moving wartime experiences -- some for the first time.

Personal Stories

There is Rosa, who hid in an impoverished one-room farmhouse with three others, sleeping on a clay pallet behind a stove; Renee, who posed as a Catholic and was kept in a convent by nuns who knew her secret; and Richard, who lived in a closet with his family for thirteen months. Their personal stories of belief and determination give a voice, at last, to the forgotten. Inspiring and life-affirming, The Hidden Children is an unparalleled document of witness, discovery, and the miracle of human courage.

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