Such Good Girls
The Journey of the Holocaust's Hidden Child Survivors
New York, NY : Harper, [2014]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 257 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
"The real-life puzzle of what happened to the generation of Jewish children who survived the Holocaust in hiding, Edgar Award-winning mystery novelist R. D. Rosen tells this silent, forgotten generation's story through the lives of three girls hidden in three different countries--among the less than 10 percent of Jewish children in Europe to survive World War II--who went on to lead remarkable lives in New York City"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Why is this seder different from all other seders? -- The children. Sophie ; Flora ; Carla -- The gathering. Still hiding ; Sophie's choices ; My name may have been Miriam ; The hierarchy of suffering -- The ghetto inside. The minefield of memory ; Am I a Christian or a Jew? ; The next circle of hell ; Keepers of the flame ; My name is refugee.
Subjects:
Schwarzwald, Selma, 1937-
Hillel, Flora, 1936-
Heijmans, Carla, 1931-
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Biography.
Holocaust survivors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Schwarzwald, Selma, 1937-
Hillel, Flora, 1936-
Heijmans, Carla, 1931-
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Biography.
Holocaust survivors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780062297105
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Holocaust Ros | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War WWII Holocaust Ros | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-252) and filmography (pages [253]-254).