Children's exodus : a history of the Kindertransport /
In the months leading up to the outbreak of World War Two, Britain rushed to evacuate nearly 10,000 Jewish children from the Nazi occupied territories. Through the unprecedented cooperation of religious and governmental organizations, the Kindertransport spared thousands of Jewish children from the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
©2011
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| Summary: | In the months leading up to the outbreak of World War Two, Britain rushed to evacuate nearly 10,000 Jewish children from the Nazi occupied territories. Through the unprecedented cooperation of religious and governmental organizations, the Kindertransport spared thousands of Jewish children from the terror of the Third Reich and provided them with host families in Britain. "Children's Exodus" offers an in-depth look at the people and politics behind the various chains of rescue as well as the personal narratives of the children who left everything behind in the hope of finding safety |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0857718878 0857730819 9780857718877 9780857730817 |