Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport /

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by Berne, Emma Carlson,
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Series: Encounter Physical details: 112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 | Kindertransports (Rescue operations) | Jewish children in the Holocaust | World War, 1939-1945 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Souris Regional School War Stories 940.531 BER Available

Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-110) and index.

Traveling toward an unknown future: Tom Berman -- From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport -- A number around his neck: Kurt Fuchel -- A long way from home: Harry Ebert -- The importance of a rabbit's foot: Irene Schmied -- Stranded in Warsaw: Hans Schneider -- She never forgot her mother's face: Ursula Rosenfeld -- Carrying his yellow bear: Jack Hellman -- Life after the kindertransport: The children's stories.

Tells the stories -- in their own words -- of 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.

Ages 8-12.

RL: 4-6; IL: 4-6.