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* Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport ↠ PDF Read by * Deborah Oppenheimer eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport D. E. W. Turner said Interesting read. This book is based on the memories of several people who were involved in the Kindertransport -- children, organizers, and foster parents. It well-written and easy to read. Also, should one desire, one can follow one individual all the way through the process or read all the accounts based on time.. When you save one life you have saved humanity Esther Nebenzahl In the mist of today's worldwide events, where prejudice and hate runs free, it is encouraging t
| Title | : | Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.99 (638 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0747550921 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
I knew I could not stop the war from starting. But I knew I could save one human life." Into the Arms of Strangers is a moving tribute to this remarkable event. Their experiences were diverse: some stayed behind, such as Norbert Wollheim, a Kindertransport organizer who refused a number of chances to escape from Germany, knowing that if he did, the transports would be stopped. The stories of 18 witnesses to this Kindertransport--children, parents, and rescuers--are recounted in Into the Arms of Strangers. --Sunny Delaney. Lory Cahn was actually on a train when her father pulled her off; he was unable to let her go. Those who made it to England found challenges of their own: some remained in hostels for the remainder of the war; some were taken in by families to work as cheap servant labor; still others were taken in by loving families, but then had to deal
D. E. W. Turner said Interesting read. This book is based on the memories of several people who were involved in the Kindertransport -- children, organizers, and foster parents. It well-written and easy to read. Also, should one desire, one can follow one individual all the way through the process or read all the accounts based on time.. When you save one life you have saved humanity Esther Nebenzahl In the mist of today's worldwide events, where prejudice and hate runs free, it is encouraging to the human spirit to read the story of the kindertransport. "Into the Arms of Strangers" is a first person narration of some of the children (now elderly adults) who were saved from the hands of Nazism and given an opportunity to start a new life. This was all possib. "A interesting persepective on a little known aspect of WWII" according to A Customer. I enjoy reading memoirs because by personalizing a part of history they bring history to life in a way that no text book can."Into the Arms of Strangers" is an example of just such a book. This book details in length the story of one of histories greatest resuces. (At least in terms of the numbers saved from an almost certain death) Before the British entered WW
Among the voices we hear are those of two of the organizers, an English foster mother, and 13 surviving children.. The story of what is was like to grow up Jewish in Nazi Germany, to escape danger and fear, and also to leave family and friends, on the British Kindertransport scheme
Her mother was a Kindertransport survivor.. He is also a journalist and author of five award-winning children's novels. Mark Jonathan Harris, a Harvard graduate, is the two-time Academy Award winner, most recently for the 1997 Best Feature-Length Documentary, "The Long Way Home." He is a Professor and former Chair
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