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Witnesses to War: Eight True-Life Stories of Nazi Persecution
128 pp.
| Viking |
September, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-670-87386-1$$16.99
(3)
YA
Accompanied by black-and-white photos and based on research and interviews conducted by the author with those who survived, these sad and compelling stories of Jewish and non-Jewish Polish, Czech, and Gypsy children persecuted by the Nazis document the horrors of the Holocaust. Emphasis is placed on the Nazi policy that permitted the kidnapping of gentile children and their placement with German families, and on Kindertransport boats, which brought some children to safety in Britain and the United States. Ind.