50 children : one ordinary American couple's extraordinary rescue mission into the heart of Nazi Germany / Steven Pressman ; with an afterword by Paul Shapiro, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
50 children : one ordinary American couple's extraordinary rescue mission into the heart of Nazi Germany / Steven Pressman ; with an afterword by Paul Shapiro, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Alternate Title
:
Fifty children
By
:
Pressman, Steven, 1955-
Publication Date
:
2014
Publication Information
:
New York : Harper,
Physical Description
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xiv, 296 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Subject Term
:
Jewish children.
Refugee children.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue.
Refugees, Jewish.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
Additional Contributors
:
Shapiro, Paul A.
Bibliography Note
:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-280) and index.
Summary
:
Based on the acclaimed HBO documentary, the astonishing true story of how one American couple transported fifty Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria to America in 1939-- the single largest group of unaccompanied refugee children allowed into the United States.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780062237477
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
|---|
| Bay Roberts | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.53 P92 |
| Twillingate | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.53 P92 |