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03054aam a2200457 i 4500 001 19736D08024511EC989AE60729ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210821010018 008 210511s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2021935039 020 $a 1643589679 020 $a 9781643589671 035 $a (OCoLC)1248687365 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Matthews, Stephen R., $d 1938- 245 14 $a The day the Nazis came : $b the true story of a childhood journey to the dark heart of a German prison camp / $c Stephen Matthews. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Thorndike, Maine : $b Center Point Large Print, $c 2021. 300 $a 396 pages (large print) : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a Published by arrangement with: Pegasus Books. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "The Day the Nazis Came is an utterly unique memoir, depicting the world of prison camps through the eyes of a child. Our narrator's parents did their best to protect his emotional well-being, downplaying the extent of dangers and presenting every new day as an adventure. But there is only so much you can do to hide such a dark truth and, by the time he was six years old, Stephen Matthews had actually seen and experienced things of unspeakable horror: he had witnessed a bombardment by the Luftwaffe and had been deported from occupied Guernsey, along with his family, to a prison camp in the heart of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich; he had seen men die in front of him; he had walked alongside Jews coming straight off the cattle-trucks from Bergen-Belsen; he had nearly drowned, been menaced by an Alsatian guard dog, and had his hand broken by a German guard for attempting to feed Russian prisoners. Against all odds, Stephen and his family endured over three years of imprisonment, held together by their will to survive, their love for each other, and the humor they had all been gifted with. But when the war ended and they were set free, the home they eventually returned to had been irremediably scarred and stricken by Nazi occupation and so, once again, they had to fight to pick up the pieces"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20210727. 600 1 $a Matthews, Stephen R., $d 1938- $x Childhood and youth. 650 7 $a Large type books. 650 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives, British. 650 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Guernsey. 650 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Prisoners and prisons, German. 941 $a 11 952 $l HQPD845 $d 20240516015442.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012012801.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010024053.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064724.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20220806013130.0 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20220208011746.0 952 $l TKPE492 $d 20211214010859.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20211214010708.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20211021034422.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210902011111.0 952 $l VZPB964 $d 20210821010942.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=19736D08024511EC989AE60729ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search