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Author Fast, Vera K., 1929-
Title Children's exodus : a history of the Kindertransport / Vera K. Fast.
Publisher London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, ©2011.
Description xvii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
 book jacket
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Northland Nonfiction  940.5318083 F26     AVAILABLE

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Kindertransports (Rescue operations) -- Great Britain.
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ISBN 9781848855373 (hbk.)
1848855370 (hbk.)