Hidden Children of the Holocaust

Zusatztext [Vromen] analyses both intelligently and succinctly the whole issue of the hidden children ... Vromen succeeds in providing a synthesis of this hitherto unwritten aspect of the war, and bringing it to the attention of a wide Anglophone readership. Suzanne Vromen is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Bard College. Klappentext In Belgium during the terrifying summer of 1942 the Nazis began the brutal roundupof Jewish families. Hidden Children of the Holocaust looks at how Jewishchildren found sanctuary in Roman Catholic convents and orphanages. The authorhas interviewed not only those who were hidden as children! but also the womenwho rescued them! and the nuns who gave them shelter; all of their voices are heardin this powerfully moving book. It is an inspiring chronicle of the brave individualswho risked everything to protect innocent young strangers! as well as a rivetingaccount of the 'hidden children' who lived to tell their stories. Zusammenfassung During the Holocaust, thousands of Jewish children were separated from their families and hidden in order to save their lives. In Belgium, the focus of this book, Roman Catholic convents were central to this dangerous rescue effort. Suzanne Vromen has interviewed many of the children who were saved, and also the nuns and Mothers Superior who took the huge risk of concealing these innocent children. All of their voices are heard in this book and they paint a vividpicture of the hardships and dangers endured under the occupation, and the secrecy required to prevent discovery of the Jewish children. Although they had been saved from the Nazis, the hidden children would have to cope with the trauma of separation from their parents, the disruption of theirchildhood, the ambiguities of their religious situation, and the difficulty of resuming their identity after the war.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne Vromen, Suzanne (Professor Emeritus Vromen, Vromen Suzanne
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.07.2008
• EAN: 9780195181289
• ISBN: 978-0-19-518128-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 238 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europe, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, True war & combat stories, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, True war and combat stories, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater