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c2011.
xvii, 270 p., [8] p. of plates :
ill. ;
22 cm.
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descent into darkness -- Exodus and arrival -- Strangers in your midst -- Evacuation and internment -- Crises, cries and lamentations -- The Orthodox experience -- Jewish Christian children -- Hidden children and camp survivors : the postwar refugees -- In later years -- Epilogue.
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Based on interviews, journals, and articles, offers an in-depth look at the people and politics behind the rescue of nearly 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied territories to Great Britain, as well as the postwar aftermath and attempts to reunite fragments of the Jewish community.
Jewish refugees-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
Kindertransports (Rescue operations)-- Great Britain.
Refugee children-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945-- Evacuation of civilians-- Europe.