Rescuers Defying the Nazis: Non-Jewish Teens Who Rescued Jews (Teen Witnesses to the Holocaust) [Paperback]

Toby Axelrod (Author)

Book Description

Series: Teen Witnesses to the Holocaust | Publication Date: January 2002

Relates the stories of courageous non-Jewish teenagers who rescued Jews from the Nazis.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 5-8-Although these three books provide a somewhat fragmented description of how the Holocaust affected children and teenagers, they clearly document the courageous heroism of both young Jewish survivors and young gentiles who helped Jews hide from the Nazis. The texts also illustrate how rare this was because of the willing (and often enthusiastic) collaboration between the Nazis and civilians in Nazi-occupied countries such as France and Poland. In the Ghettos, the most cohesive of the three, relates harrowing accounts written by the courageous survivors of the Lodz, Theresienstadt, and Warsaw ghettos. Rescuers presents the stories of teenagers who were assisted by gentiles in Poland, Denmark, and Germany. The first-person narratives in Hidden Children are especially effective in personalizing the experiences of Jewish teens whose lives parallel Anne Frank's tragic story. The texts are complemented by remarkable, clear, and heartrending photo documentation of the genocide, and the layouts have a variety of fonts and black-and-white shading. The pictures alone will leave indelible impressions on young readers.-Jack Forman, Mesa College Library, San Diego

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc. (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562544667
• ISBN-13: 978-1562544669
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,624,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Holocaust, September 24, 2004

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Rams39 "Rams39" (Charlotte, North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rescuers Defying the Nazis: Non-Jewish Teens Who Rescued Jews (Teen Witnesses to the Holocaust) (Library Binding)

Rescuers Defying the Nazis, by Toby Axelrod, is a non-fiction book about non-Jewish teens who rescued Jewish families from the Holocaust. This book uses examples of rescue accounts and real quotes and passages from Jewish and non-Jewish survivors during the 1940's. The book also helps to portray the realism of te danger involved with helping Jews as well as the was and Hitler's reign.

5.0 out of 5 stars Rescue!, June 17, 2001

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Paula Laurita (NO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rescuers Defying the Nazis: Non-Jewish Teens Who Rescued Jews (Teen Witnesses to the Holocaust) (Library Binding)

Rescuers is a favorite topic amongst teens reading about the Holocaust. Many of the teens involved became rescuers when their parents opted to hid Jews. Yet, there are the stories, such as Teresa Prekerowa who rescued a little girl in Warsaw and hid her even from Teresa's family. The stories of these brave teens, acting alone or with a group, are touching.