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Parallel Journeys by Alfons Heck, Eleanor Ayer, Helen Waterford (1995, Reinforced Hardcover) 
Parallel Journeys by Alfons Heck, Eleanor Ayer, Helen Waterford (1995, Reinforced Hardcover)

 
Parallel Journeys by Alfons Heck, Eleanor Ayer, Helen Waterford (1995, Reinforced Hardcover)

Publisher: Atheneum
Publication Date: 1995-06-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0689318308
ISBN-13: 9780689318306
Product ID: EPID626604
Description: Told in alternating chapters this is the true story of two children swept up in the horrible events of World War II. Helen is a Jewish girl who spends two years hiding in the Netherlands before being captured by the Nazis and sent to Au...
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Synopsis
Told in alternating chapters this is the true story of two children swept up in the horrible events of World War II. Helen is a Jewish girl who spends two years hiding in the Netherlands before being captured by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz. Alfons is a boy who lives just a few miles away from where Helen was born. He joins the Hitler Youth and becomes a commander by the age of 16. Their stories reveal the terrible impact Hitler had on a generation of German children. More than 40 years after the war ends, Helen and Alfons meet for the first time and discover that they share the goal of teaching young people that peace and compassion is, and should be, a possibility for all people.

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Publication Date:1995-06-01

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Height:8.8 in
Width:6.0 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:16.0 oz

Publisher's Note
Eleanor Ayer tells the true stories of Helen, a Jewish girl who grew up near Frankfurt, Germany, and Alfons, a boy born just a few miles away on a farm. Helen was shipped to the Auschwitz extermination camp. Alfons embraced the Nazi Youth. Over 40 years later, Alfons and Helen met and found they shared a common purpose--to help people understand that peace and compassion is possible between individuals, and on a larger scale as well. Young Adult.

Industry Reviews
"...[Alfons] Heck's story, in particular, offers a point of view not much seen in Holocaust books for young people, and both his Nazi fervor and subsequent awakening are gripping and convincing."
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Roger Sutton (09/19/1995)

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