The Hidden Children: The Secret Survivors of the Holocaust
by Jane Marks
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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 show more for the first time. 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. show lessTags
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Most children who survived the Holocaust were hidden. Some assumed the lives of Christians, attending Mass and even celebrating their First Communion. Some children hid in attics, small rooms, barns, or the Forrest. Some of those children speak out in this book. It is a must read. These children are in their 70's, 80's, and 90's now. They will soon be gone and we will have only their wors by which to remember them.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1993
- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945); Holocaust
- Dedication
- To a world in which all children are safe
- First words
- Introduction; On Memorial Day weekend, 1991, an extraordinary event took place.
Nicole David, fifty-five, looks polished and refined in a bright silk print dress. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The consolation of community gives a sense of belonging and the strength to be honest and open about oneself, as well as to confront the moral responsibility of a survivor to the continuity of the Jewish people and to a more humane society.
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
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