The uprooted : a Hitler legacy : voices of those who escaped before the "final solution" /
One of the most moving accounts is that of the Kindertransport of 10,000 Jewish children in 1939 from Nazi-occupied countries to Great Britain in trains so crowded that the smaller children had to be placed in luggage racks above the seats. Dr. Whiteman illustrates the spectrum of foster homes, rang...
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Insight Books,
[1993], ©1993
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / William B. Helmreich
- Pt. I Under Hitler
- Ch. 1 The Moment Our Lives Stood Still
- Ch. 2 The Tightening of the Noose
- Ch. 3 Getting Out : The Obstacles
- Ch. 4 The Sagas of Kurt and Franz
- Ch. 5 Getting In : The Neighboring Cell
- Ch. 6 Leaving : Three Vignettes
- Ch. 7 Kristallnacht: The Beginning of the End
- Ch. 8 Getting There
- Ch. 9 Three Odysseys
- Ch. 10 Die Kinder
- Ch. 11 They Traveled through the Night
- Ch. 12 And Most of All
- Smiles!
- Pt. II Before Hitler
- Ch. 13 The Nest
- Ch. 14 A Certain Style
- Ch. 15 Reality or Illusion?
- Pt. III The Years of Resettlement
- Ch. 16 A Placement, Not a Home
- Ch. 17 So Many Reasons
- Ch. 18 Fragments of the Children's Lives
- Ch. 19 A Meeting of Minds and Hearts
- Ch. 20 The Long Way Home
- Ch. 21 Not Yet
- Ch. 22 Internment
- Ch. 23 Prison, Italian-Style
- Ch. 24 The Road Upward
- Ch. 25 The Farmer and the Taxidermist
- Ch. 26 The Energy of Youth
- Pt. IV The Emotional Aftermath
- Ch. 27 Don't Cry, Grandma!
- Ch. 28 The Assimilated Outsider
- Ch. 29 I Am Glad Hitler Missed One
- Epitaph : In Memoriam
- "Make Believe" / Gerda Mayer
- The Respondents
- Questionnaire
- Foreword / William B. Helmreich
- Pt. I Under Hitler. Ch. 1. The Moment Our Lives Stood Still. Ch. 2. The Tightening of the Noose. Ch. 3. Getting Out: The Obstacles. Ch. 4. The Sagas of Kurt and Franz. Ch. 5. Getting In: The Neighboring Cell. Ch. 6. Leaving: Three Vignettes. Ch. 7. Kristallnacht: The Beginning of the End. Ch. 8. Getting There. Ch. 9. Three Odysseys. Ch. 10. Die Kinder. Ch. 11. They Traveled through the Night. Ch. 12. And Most of All - Smiles!
- Pt. II. Before Hitler. Ch. 13. The Nest. Ch. 14. A Certain Style. Ch. 15. Reality or Illusion?
- Pt. III. The Years of Resettlement. Ch. 16. A Placement, Not a Home. Ch. 17. So Many Reasons. Ch. 18. Fragments of the Children's Lives. Ch. 19. A Meeting of Minds and Hearts. Ch. 20. The Long Way Home. Ch. 21. Not Yet. Ch. 22. Internment. Ch. 23. Prison, Italian-Style. Ch. 24. The Road Upward. Ch. 25. The Farmer and the Taxidermist. Ch. 26. The Energy of Youth
- Pt. IV. The Emotional Aftermath. Ch. 27. Don't Cry, Grandma! Ch. 28. The Assimilated Outsider. Ch. 29. I Am Glad Hitler Missed One. Epitaph: In Memoriam
- "Make Believe" / Gerda Mayer
- The Respondents
- Questionnaire.