Berne, Emma Carlson.
Escaping Nazis on the Kindertransport. Capstone Publishers 2017 112p $29.99. ISBN 978-1-5157-4545-7 ms
Nonfiction VG-BN
This insightful book presents primary-source information
about the Holocaust. Of the six million
Jews killed by the Nazis, more than 1.5 million were children. The
Kindertransport succeeded in rescuing nearly ten thousand children from the
clutches of the Nazis. It began after
Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, in November 1938, and lasted until
the formal start of the war. The idea
was proposed by a delegation of British Jewish leaders and members of the
Society of Friends who requested their government offer sanctuary to Jewish
children under the age of seventeen.
Well-researched and well written, this book provides an excellent
examination of one of mankind's darkest periods. It begins with a brief explanation of the
rise of Hitler and his plans to annihilate the Jewish people, and discusses the
Kindertransport through the first-person accounts of seven children who
escaped. The difficulties and struggles
these children had in leaving their families and going to a strange place are
not minimized but explained in context. The
author continues with a description of their trips by train and boat, their
lives in England during and after the war and, while a few were amazingly lucky
to reunite with their parents, their ultimate discovery that most of their
families had perished in the concentration camps. Berne offers the information in a well
balanced, succinct, and lucid manner.
The writing is clear and concise, presenting the topic through both
primary sources and narrative accounts.
The text is enhanced by the inclusion of black-and-white photographs and
documents, and maps. The book ends with
a glossary, a timeline, a bibliography of books and Internet addresses, source
notes, and an index.
Summary: This insightful book presents primary source
information about the Holocaust. Of the
six million Jews killed by the Nazis, more than 1.5 million were children. The
Kindertransport succeeded in rescuing nearly ten thousand children from the
clutches of the Nazis.
Kindertransport, Holocaust-Jewish -- Susan Ogintz
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