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Child of our time : a young girl's flight from the Holocaust /

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Child of Our Time is the inspiring story of a little girl caught in the vortex of one of history's great horrors. Plucked from deep rural Germany, after witnessing the horror of Kristallnacht and her family's eviction from its village, L. Ruth David was sent to England as part of the Kinde...

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Main Author: David, Ruth L., 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2003.
Subjects:
David, Ruth L., > 1929-
Jewish children > Germany > Fränkisch-Crumbach > Biography.
Refugee children > England > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > England.
Jewish refugees > England > Biography.
Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
Fränkisch-Crumbach (Germany) > Ethnic relations.
Enfants réfugiés > Angleterre > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Enfants > Angleterre.
Réfugiés juifs > Angleterre > Biographies.
Kindertransports (Opérations de sauvetage)
Children.
Ethnic relations.
Jewish children.
Jewish refugees.
Refugee children.
England.
Germany > Fränkisch-Crumbach.
Kind
Exil
Großbritannien
Juden.
1939-1945
Biographies.
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Summary:Child of Our Time is the inspiring story of a little girl caught in the vortex of one of history's great horrors. Plucked from deep rural Germany, after witnessing the horror of Kristallnacht and her family's eviction from its village, L. Ruth David was sent to England as part of the Kindertransport--one of the few routes to safety and survival for many children who were to lose their parents in the Holocaust.
Physical Description:xiii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:1860647898
9781860647895