We had to be brave : escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
(Book)
Author
Status
Junior Nonfiction - North Wing Top Floor
J 940.5315 H7773
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J 940.5315 H7773
1 available
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Junior Nonfiction - North Wing Top Floor | J 940.5315 H7773 | On Shelf |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxi, 341 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Street Date
2002
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.5, 8 Points
Level 7.5, 8 Points
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-298) and index.
Description
"Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and forced arrests. Days later, desperate volunteers sprang into action to organize the Kindertransport, a rescue effort to bring Jewish children to England. Young people like Ruth David had to say good-bye to their families, unsure if they'd ever be reunited. Miles from home, the Kindertransport refugees entered unrecognizable lives, where food, clothes -- and, for many of them, language and religion -- were startlingly new. Meanwhile, the onset of war and the Holocaust visited unimaginable horrors on loved ones left behind. Somehow, these rescued children had to learn to look forward, to hope. Through the moving and often heart-wrenching personal accounts of Kindertransport survivors, critically acclaimed and award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson paints the timely and devastating story of how the rise of Hitler and the Nazis tore apart the lives of so many families and what they were forced to give up in order to save these children"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
Ages 8-12.,Scholastic Focus.
Target Audience
Grade 4 to 6.,Scholastic Focus.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
Informational works.
Jewish children -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Jewish children -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Jewish refugees -- Great Britain.
Kindertransports (Rescue operations).
Refugee children -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
Informational works.
Jewish children -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Jewish children -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Jewish refugees -- Great Britain.
Kindertransports (Rescue operations).
Refugee children -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hopkinson, D. (2020). We had to be brave: escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (First edition.). Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hopkinson, Deborah. 2020. We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis On the Kindertransport. Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hopkinson, Deborah. We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis On the Kindertransport Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hopkinson, Deborah. We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis On the Kindertransport First edition., Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc, 2020.
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