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The boys : the untold story of 732 young concentration camp survivors Martin Gilbert
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks JGSP D 804.48 .G55 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilbert, Martin, 1936-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Biography.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust.
- Jewish children--Poland--Biography.
- Jewish children.
- Jewish children--Hungary--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--Biography.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jews--Great Britain--Biography.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- 1st American ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Henry Holt & Company, 1997.
- Summary:
- "In 1945, Britain offered to take in 1,000 young survivors [of the Holocaust]. Only 732 could be found. Flown to England, they became a close-knit band of friends." After sharing their annual reunions for twenty years with historian Martin Gilbert, the men and women of "The Boys" asked him to share their recollections and experiences.
- Contents:
- Pre-war years
- The coming of war
- In the ghettos
- The days of deportation
- In the labour camps
- Auschwitz
- Buchenwald
- Surviving as slaves
- On the death marches
- Theresienstadt
- Liberation
- Crosby-on-Eden
- Windermere
- Southampton
- Further flights
- Life in the hostels
- The search
- The Primrose Club
- Soldiers
- New paths
- New worlds
- "Laying a foundation for the future"
- The '45 Aid Society.
- Notes:
- "A Marian Wood book."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0805044027
- 9780805044027
- 0805044035
- 9780805044034
- OCLC:
- 36001352
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