R. D. Rosen

We know about children who his and didn’t survive the Holocaust. But what about those that hid and survived?

This book covers the stories of tree girls that survived the Holocaust by hiding: one as a Catholic, one with her mother with a family, and another first at a convent then with a few families before being adopted. The author also covers what happens to these girls after the war well into adulthood. The last section covers how those who hid but survived had been dismissed or not even acknowledged to have existed. Everyone knows Anne Frank but these children were unknown.

A definite recommend especially those studying World War II and the Holocaust… (més)

Holocaust survivors......a phrase that encompasses a widespread mass of people. Most folks think of concentration camp victims who miraculously made it to the end of WW2.....but what about the repressed, isolated children who were hidden away during the war years? In woods, in convents, in homes with Christian families, often passed from place to place? They left behind their Jewish beginnings , were taught to embrace Catholicism and grew into angst ridden adults. Torn between what WAS and what IS, these are heart-breaking AND, at times heart-warming life stories.
A kink for me was that the first part of the book was about 3 girls/ women. It was somewhat confusing when towards the end it became more of an educational storyline involving a wide conglomerate of people....just my opinion.… (més)