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The war came to me : a story of endurance and survival / Eva Broessler Weissman and Gregory Moore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weissman, Eva Broessler, 1923-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Personal narratives.
- Weissman, Eva Broessler, 1923-.
- Weissman, Eva Broessler.
- Newmark, Ruth Broessler, 1931-.
- Newmark, Ruth Broessler.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (149 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book tells the story of the courageous and compassionate Dutch citizens who helped two young Austrian sisters avoid deportation to the death camps where they almost certainly would have perished. Their story serves as a reminder that the best of humanity can still be discovered in the darkest times.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Prologue: A Book Is Born; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Kaleidoscopeof Remembrances; Chapter One. Growing Up in Austria; Chapter Two. From Austria to The Netherlands; Photospread; Chapter Four. Ruth's Escape; Chapter Five. Hidden in Plain Sight; Chapter SixReunions; Epilogue: A Life with a View; Appendix; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-95) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-47985-7
- 9786612479854
- 0-7618-4690-5
- OCLC:
- 609856033
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