Tell No One Who You Are: The Hidden Childhood of Regine Miller

by Walter Buchignani

Book Overview

During the days of Nazi terror in Europe, many Jewish children were taken from their families and hidden. R gine Miller was one such child, who left her mother, father, and brother when she was 10 years old. Utterly alone as she is shunted from place to place, told to tell no one she is Jewish, she hears that her mother and brother have been taken by the SS, the German secret police. Only her desperate hope that her father will return sustains her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887768172
• ISBN13: 9780887768170
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Painfully True

Regine Millers journey in the second world war, is anything but unrealistic. Losing her brother, then her mother. Her hope for her father is something so powerful, that only people who really connect with this book, feel. Surviving a tragic time, Regine, or known as Augusta for her safety, is an inspirational character. For people of all ages, this book is painfully true and pulls on the heart strings of all types of people. Im 17, and i connected with this book, as if i was living her journey. Well deserved 5 star book!

Tell No One Who you Are

This book is sad, but it is also educating. Regine Miller's family is attacked by the Natzis because they are Jewish and the Natzis don't like Jews so they procecute them. Regine has to go from house to house and pretend she is not Jewish. I would reccomend this book to mostly girls although boys might find it interesting.

Great Book, Full of Drama and You Can't Put It Down!

I HIGHLY recomend this to anyone. It is full of drama, but not to much. Will Regine find her parents? What happened to her Mother? Will she survive in the war? Will the Germans get her? Well, you'll have to find out for yourself, now wo'nt you! Have a great time reading it!

Escaping The Clutches Of Hitler

Escaping The Clutches Of Hitler,I liked this book because I enjoy reading about the Holocaust and I always about people who went through the Holocaust. This book is about is different because it is about a girl that hid the whole entire time. Her name is Regine Miller and she went threw a series of different houses and all different types of them. Regine Miller was born in Brussels to parents who had escaped the anti-Semitism of Eastern Europe. She was 10 years old in 1942. She didn't understand why the Jews were being restricted from bike, certain hours of the day, and the yellow star they had to wear. In the mean time her mom, Mrs. Miller was getting sicker and they, at the time, didn't know what from. Regine was one of the best writers in the grade. She loved to write. As the war progressed her father, Maurice Miller, heard that the Nazis were deporting Jews but he would not leave his wife, since she could barely walk. One day a nock came from the door. Mr. Miller went to answer it and there was a messenger there and he had a message that read that his son, Leon Miller, was to report to the rail road station Mr. Miller ignored the notice and shoved the messenger down the stairs the next day the same messenger came again and again it said he had to report to the rail road station but this time it also said if he didn't the Nazis would take and kill there whole entire family. So they decided to that they had to make him go. They never saw him again. Her father at that point decided that it was not safe here for Regine. So he arranged for her to go and live with some one in Brussels. Her name was Madame Andre, she did not let Regine do anything she could not go out side nor talk to any one her father came once every three weeks. Her father suddenly stopped coming then her aunt came to drop off the money then a girl named Nicole started coming. Regine lived there for about one year and about a month before she left Madame Andre got extremely worried that she would become caught so she arranged with a lady called Nicole to move Regine. She went to a new family just about 30 miles away there she was made to work and she ended up with calluses and injured hands. When Nicole found out she immediately moved Regine to a different home.This new house she stayed with a couple that did not have any kids and they were Catholic!!!!!!!!!! This is a problem she is Jewish and they are Catholic how is she not to let them know she is not Jewish. Regine had no idea how she was going to pull this off. She tried to copy every thing they did they were a nice couple that treated Regine like their own. Regine did not know anything about being catholic. They asked her many questions like are you baptized? , Where are your parents? They finally realized she was Jewish but did not mention it and kept her there at their home and did seem to care. Finally Regine went and looked for any survivors of her family and found only her uncle she has only seen once in her entire li

Living in Brussels and Experiencing Past and Present

I am a 6th grade teacher at an International School in Brussels. We are reading this book as a whole class read aloud. The book is very interesting as it talks about places that the kids know and live. Regine's story, as told in this book, has contributed greatly to the authenticity of the children's learning. Tomorrow we are taking a quick ride on the tram a few stops to the old Gestapo Headquarters to see just how integrated the Nazis were in every day life for the Belgians. I whole heartedly recommend this book. Tragic and hopeful.