We had to be brave : escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
Hopkinson, Deborah2020
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Sibert Honor author, Deborah Hopkinson, illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany, risking everything to escape to safety on the Kindertransport. 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 organise the Kindertransport, a rescue effort to bring Jewish children to England. Young people like Ruth David had to say goodbye to their families, unsure if they'd ever be reunited.
Main title:
We had to be brave : escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport / Deborah Hopkinson.
Author:
Hopkinson, Deborah, author
Imprint:
London : Scholastic, 2020.
Collation:
xxi, 341 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780702304897 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.531835
Language:
English
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BRN:
2280110
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