Hidden Children
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Hidden Children  -     By: Jane Marks

Hidden Children

Ballantine Books / 1995 / Paperback

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Title: Hidden Children
By: Jane Marks
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 336
Vendor: Ballantine Books
Publication Date: 1995
Dimensions: 8.58 X 6.22 X 0.82 (inches)
Weight: 14 ounces
ISBN: 0449906868
ISBN-13: 9780449906866
Stock No: WW906866

Publisher's Description

They hid wherever they could for as long as it took the Allies to win the war -- Jewish children, frightened, alone, often separated from their families. For months, even years, they faced the constant danger of discovery, fabricating new identities at a young age, sacrificing their childhoods to save their lives. These secret survivors have suppressed these painful memories for decades. Now, in The Hidden Children, twenty-three adult survivors share their moving wartime experiences -- some for the first time.

There is Rosa, who hid in an impoverished one-room farmhouse with three others, sleeping on a clay pallet behind a stove; Renee, who posed as a Catholic and was kept in a convent by nuns who knew her secret; and Richard, who lived in a closet with his family for thirteen months. Their personal stories of belief and determination give a voice, at last, to the forgotten. Inspiring and life-affirming, The Hidden Children is an unparalleled document of witness, discovery, and the miracle of human courage.

Author Bio

Jane Marks is an author and journalist whose article in New York magazine became the basis for her book, Hidden Children: The Secret Survivors of the Holocaust. Marks wrote Hidden Children "to leave a lasting record how these children lived in hiding; to make the world aware of the exceptional courage and goodness that emerged in the midst of unspeakable tragedy."

Editorial Reviews

"These individuals' stories remind us that humans can survive the vilest adversity, and go on to live lives that are wholesome and good."

-- Detroit Free Press



"A stirring saga of courage...The Hidden Children prodigiously helps us to remember what we dare not forget."

-- Jewish Sentinel

"Powerful and gripping...In the literature of the Holocaust, Marks has added a remarkable contribution."

-- Booklist

"Remarkable and moving."

-- Houston Chronicle

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