A Girl Called Renee - Couverture souple

Uzrad, Ruth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 197631450X ISBN 13 : 9781976314506

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Would you try to save lives if it could cost you your own?

Ruth Uzrad is a Jewish teenager whose life was turned upside down by the Nazi regime.

After her father was arrested in their Berlin apartment by the Gestapo, Ruth’s mother sends 13 year-old Ruth and her two younger sisters on their escape route across Europe by train, heading for the safety of Belgium.

Unfortunately, the chaos follows them to their new home.

When the Nazis conquer Belgium, Ruth and one of her sisters escape to France, leaving the youngest sister behind to be taken in by a Belgian foster family.

Later, Ruth joins the Jewish underground movement in France and takes on a false identity. With her new name, Renee, she does everything she can to save as many Jews as possible, knowing that it could cost her life.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Terrified after her father’s arrest by the Nazis, Ruth flees to Belgium.

This is the unbelievable autobiographical story of Ruth Uzrad, a Jewish teenager whose life was turned upside down by the Nazi regime. After her father was arrested one night from their Berlin apartment by the Gestapo, Ruth’s mother sends 13 year old Ruth and her 9 year old sister, Betty, by train to the safety of Belgium and onto their escape route across Europe.

But then the Nazis also reach Belgium, driving Ruth into the French Jewish underground...

Later, when the Nazis conquer Belgium, Ruth and one of her sisters escape to France, leaving the youngest sister behind to be taken in by a Belgian foster family. Later, Ruth joins the Jewish underground movement in France and takes on a false identity and a new name, Renee. As an underground fighter, she participates in special operations aimed at rescuing Jews in danger. When the German police set out to arrest her, she manages to cross the border into Spain and eventually makes her way to Israel, where she makes her home and spends the rest of her life.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 197631450X
• ISBN 13: 9781976314506
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 228
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible