The Boy in the Suitcase - Holocaust Family Stories of Survival

Informationen zum Autor By Sheryl Needle Cohn Klappentext The Boy in the Suitcase: Holocaust Family Stories of Survival is a uniquely different Holocaust book. It reads like an intriguing novel, such as the title chapter which tells the story of an infant smuggled out of Germany in a suitcase and raised in the Dominican Republic. Each chapter tells a different story of families throughout the world who have been affected by the Holocaust. This book also covers the trauma of second generation children of Holocaust survivors and the bravery of Christian families who hid Jewish children in Quaregnon, Belgium. The Boy in the Suitcase includes inspirational stories from nations such as Russia, Poland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, and the Dominican Republic. Intelligence, courage, and the will to survive permeate each remarkable chapter. Click here to view the book trailer Zusammenfassung Each chapter within The Boy in the Suitcase tells a different story of families throughout the world who have been affected by the Holocaust. This book also covers the trauma of second generation children of Holocaust survivors. Intelligence! courage! and the will to survive permeate each remarkable chapter. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionChapter 1 Dubno: From Russian Pogroms to the HolocaustChapter 2 The Shtetls of BelorussiaChapter 3 A Baby Girl, a German Displaced Persons Camp, and the Hope of a NationChapter 4 A Second Generation Perspective, Trauma, and SuccessChapter 5 Au Revoir Les Juifs de ParisChapter 6 A Baker's Loaf of Life: A Generation Saved by the Resistance in Quaregnon, BelgiumChapter 7 Shattered Childhoods in Hiding: Dutch Resistors, a Baron, and a Fairytale CastleChapter 8 Exodus From Budapest: Surviving Religious and Political Persecutions . . .Five TimesChapter 9 The Boy in the Suitcase: Sosua Dominican RepublicChapter 10 We Are Here!Author's DisclaimerBibliographyIndexAbout the Author...

Product details

• Authors: Sheryl Needle Cohn, Cohn Sheryl Needle
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.2012
• EAN: 9780761857068
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5706-8
• No. of pages: 108
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Europe, RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, Judaism, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, Religion;Studies in Judaism