The Children of La Hille: Eluding Nazi Capture During World War II

by Walter W Reed and Walter W. Reed

Book Overview

Following the horrors of Kristallnacht in November of 1938, frightened parents were forced to find refuge for their children, far from the escalating anti-Jewish violence. To that end, a courageous group of Belgian women organized a desperate and highly dangerous rescue mission to usher nearly 1,000 children out of Germany and Austria. Of these children, ninety-three were placed on a freight train, traveling through the night away from their families...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815610580
• ISBN13: 9780815610588
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"