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The Hidden Children of the Holocaust: Teens Who Hid from the Nazis
Told from the point of view of a very young girl, this true account of Jewish lives in Nazi-occupied France relates how the kindness of strangers, from villagers to the Mother Superior of a convent, helped a Jewish family to survive.
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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June 27, 2021
I just found some good quotes from this book, in my 2008 journal:
“20 years from now people will say, ‘things couldn’t have been that bad, you must’ve been exaggerating.’ And the sad part of it is it was worse that you can ever put into words.”
“How I lived in the forests, I don’t know but when when is hungry and demoralized, one becomes inventive. I eat worms, bugs, wild mushrooms which I am sure we are poisonous. I drink water from petal’s, snow, anything I could get. I ate raw rats, when I could find them. Apparently I wanted to live very badly. “
“20 years from now people will say, ‘things couldn’t have been that bad, you must’ve been exaggerating.’ And the sad part of it is it was worse that you can ever put into words.”
“How I lived in the forests, I don’t know but when when is hungry and demoralized, one becomes inventive. I eat worms, bugs, wild mushrooms which I am sure we are poisonous. I drink water from petal’s, snow, anything I could get. I ate raw rats, when I could find them. Apparently I wanted to live very badly. “
April 23, 2018
This was a good point about options: "In the past [when other genocides had occurred in history], victims or oppressed people were usually offered an option to avoid death: they could change their religion, or be expelled to another country. But the Nazi concept of racism did not give the victim any possibility for survival, since a person cannot change his or her blood, skin color, or eye color."
New fact: "each ID card [for Jews] had to have the cardholder's fingerprints on it, as well as a photo that showed the cardholder's left ear as another identification mark."
I also found this point about the effects interesting: "After the war, some hidden children who told their stories were not believed. Other Holocaust survivors sometimes dismissed the experiences of the hidden children because they had not lived in ghettos or survived the camps. But as Yvonne Sokolow observes, "Everyone is left with scars.""
Quote from the Book
"For this who can bear witness, their stories become a necessary and important part of human history. As Bernard Rotmil observes: "Twenty years from now people will say, 'Things couldn't have been that bad, you must have been exaggerating.' And the sad part of it is, it was worse than you can ever put into words." "
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New fact: "each ID card [for Jews] had to have the cardholder's fingerprints on it, as well as a photo that showed the cardholder's left ear as another identification mark."
I also found this point about the effects interesting: "After the war, some hidden children who told their stories were not believed. Other Holocaust survivors sometimes dismissed the experiences of the hidden children because they had not lived in ghettos or survived the camps. But as Yvonne Sokolow observes, "Everyone is left with scars.""
Quote from the Book
"For this who can bear witness, their stories become a necessary and important part of human history. As Bernard Rotmil observes: "Twenty years from now people will say, 'Things couldn't have been that bad, you must have been exaggerating.' And the sad part of it is, it was worse than you can ever put into words." "
Find all my reviews at: https://readingatrandom.blogspot.com
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