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The Children of La Hille - Eluding Nazi Capture during World War II (Hardcover)
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The Children of La Hille - Eluding Nazi Capture during World War II (Hardcover)
Series: Modern Jewish History
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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 and into the relative safety of Vichy France. Ranging in
age from five to sixteen years, the children along with their
protectors spent a harsh winter in an abanoned barn with little
food before eventually finding shelter in the isolated Chateau de
la Hille in southern France. While several of the youngest children
were safely routed to the United States, those who remained
continued to be hunted by Nazi soldiers until finally smuggled
illegally across the Swiss Alps to safe houses. Remarkably, all but
eleven of the original ninety-three children survived the war due
to the unrelenting efforts of their protectors and their own
resilience. In The Children of La Hille, Reed narrates this
stunning firsthand account of the amazing rescue and the countless
heroic efforts of those who helped along the way. As one of the La
Hille children, Reed recalls with poignant detail traveling from
lice-infested, abandoned convents to stately homes in the foothills
of the Pyrenees, always scrambling to keep one step ahead of the
Nazis. Drawing upon survivor interviews, journals, and letters,
Reed affectionately describes rousing afternoon swims in a nearby
natural pond and lively renditions of Moliere plays performed for
an audience of local farmers. He tells of heart-stopping near
misses as the Vichy police roundups intensified, forcing children
to hide in the woods to escape capture. The Children of La Hille
gives readers an intimate glimpse of a harrowing moment in history,
paying tribute to ordinary people acting in extraordinary ways.
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