A Place to Hide: True Stories of Holocaust Rescues
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
059045353X
ISBN 13
9780590453530
LCCN
94219468
Category
Nonfiction: Biography
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Publication Year
1993
Publisher
Scholastic Inc., United States
Pages
106
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Description
From 1933-1945, Adolf Hitler set out to take over Europe. In each country he conquered, Jewish people were driven from their homes and taken to concentration camps. By the end of this period, 6,000,000 Jews had been killed.
Yet in the midst of the horror, there were men and women who risked their lives to help the Jews.
- In Amsterdam, Miep Santrouschitz hid Anne Frank and nine others in a tiny apartment.
- Oskar Schindler rescued more than 1,200 Jews by hiring them to work in his factory in Czechoslovakia.
- The people of Le Chambon, France, turned their small town into "a city of refuge" for Jews.
- In Assisi, Italy, Jewish refugees were hidden in monasteries and disguised as monks.
- And the people of Denmark evacuated 8,000 Jews, sneaking tiny boats past enemy warships.
This is the story of some of these brave rescuers, who were, in the words of one of the hidden Jews, "ordinary people...blessed with a touch of greatness."
Yet in the midst of the horror, there were men and women who risked their lives to help the Jews.
- In Amsterdam, Miep Santrouschitz hid Anne Frank and nine others in a tiny apartment.
- Oskar Schindler rescued more than 1,200 Jews by hiring them to work in his factory in Czechoslovakia.
- The people of Le Chambon, France, turned their small town into "a city of refuge" for Jews.
- In Assisi, Italy, Jewish refugees were hidden in monasteries and disguised as monks.
- And the people of Denmark evacuated 8,000 Jews, sneaking tiny boats past enemy warships.
This is the story of some of these brave rescuers, who were, in the words of one of the hidden Jews, "ordinary people...blessed with a touch of greatness."
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