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Author:

Byers, Ann.

Title:

Saving children from the Holocaust : the Kindertransport / Ann Byers.

Publisher:

Enslow Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Rescue--Rescue--Great Britain--Juvenile literature.
Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--Juvenile literature.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Jews--Europe--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Jewish children--Europe--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue--Rescue--Great Britain.
Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
Jewish children in the Holocaust.
World War, 1939-1945.
Jews--Biography.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Biography.
Jewish children--Europe.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index.

Contents:

The German idealist : Norbert Wollheim -- The Dutch aunt : Gertrud (Truus) Wijsmuller-Meyer -- The British stockbroker : Nicholas Winton -- A family in England : Kurt Fuchel -- A bittersweet rescue : Bertha Leverton -- New brothers and sisters : the Attenborough family -- Enemy alien : Walter Kohn -- On the hell ship : Abrascha Gorbulski -- Two cousins, two stories : Madeleine Albright and Dagmar Simova -- Afterword -- Timeline -- Glossary.

Summary:

"Discusses the Kindertransport, including the people who organized the operation, how the transports worked, the children's lives who escaped on a transport, and how ten thousand children were saved from the Holocaust"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

The Holocaust through primary sources.

ISBN:

1598453440 (pbk.)
9781598453447 (pbk.)
0766033236 (hbk.)
9780766033238 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)607655875

LCCN:

2010014215

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)