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Interrupted Journeys: Young Refugees From Hitler's Reich: Alan Gill
Interrupted Journeys: Young Refugees From Hitler's Reich: Alan Gill
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As the dark storm clouds of World War II gathered over Europe, some 10,000 young German, Austrian and Czech Jews fled Nazi oppression in their homeland to seek refuge in Britain, America and Australia. Leaving behind their parents, families and everything familiar they fled to an unknown country and future in their fight for survival. Theses is the wartime stories of the Kindertransports and other child and teen refugees; as well as the trials and eventual triumphs of young people who survived the Nazi camps, or were in hiding - and who migrated to the same destinations, sponsored by private and government agencies, in the post-war era. Both groups have added richly to the life of their host countries. Some of the accounts are very strange indeed. Like that of the Dunera Boys - low category enemy aliens shipped from Britain to Australia, where they were interned for nearly two years 'by mistake.' Even stranger is the saga of the renowned (non-Jewish) Vienna Mozart Boys Choir, who had the misfortune to be touring Australia when war began. The stories have a common thread of resilience and courage in adversity; as do that of the parents whose courage and sacrifice sent their children away in the hope of a better future. With black and white photographs.
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Autobiography/Bio/Non-Fiction, OS paperback; as new; no condition issues to describeShare
