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Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

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Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
Call No: J 940.53161 B52e

Call NumberJ 940.53161 B52e
Dates[2017]; ©2017
Statement of Responsibilityby Emma Carlson Berne ; consultants, Melissa Hacker, Lilly Maier.
Creators & ContributorsBerne, Emma Carlson (author)
Hacker, Melissa (contributor)
Maier, Lilly (contributor)
SummaryTells the storiesin their own wordsof several of the thousands of Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940 and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom. Memoir pieces, poems, photographs, and other primary sources bring their stories to life.
  1. Traveling toward an unknown future: Tom Berman
  2. From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport
  3. A number around his neck: Kurt Fuchel
  4. A long way from home: Harry Ebert
  5. The importance of a rabbit's foot: Irene Schmied
  6. Stranded in Warsaw: Hans Schneider
  7. She never forgot her mother's face: Ursula Rosenfeld
  8. Carrying his yellow bear: Jack Hellman
  9. Life after the Kindertransport: the children's stories
Physical Description 112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Carrier Typevolume
PublisherNorth Mankato, MN : Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
NotesIncludes bibliographical references (pages 106–107) and index
AudiencePublisher recommendation: Ages 9–12, Grades 4–6
RecognitionGifted in 2019 by Shannon LaBelle & Kevin Forbes