Hidden children of the Holocaust: Belgian nuns and their daring rescue of young Jews from the Nazis

In Belgium in the summer of 1942, when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families, parents searched desperately for safe havens for their children. This book tells the stories of children who found haven in Roman Catholic convents and orphanages, and of the women who sheltered them.

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Main Author: Vromen, Suzanne (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:Hidden Children of the Holocaust: Belgian Nuns and Their Daring Rescue of Young Jews from the Nazis (2009) (Crane, Richard Francis)
Hidden Children of the Holocaust: Belgian Nuns and Their Daring Rescue of Young Jews from the Nazis, Suzanne Vromen (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), xiii + 194 pp., hardback, 74.00, pbk., 17.95 (2012) (Einwohner, Rachel L.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Belgium / Child / Salvation / Jews / History 1940-1944
Further subjects:B Hidden children (Holocaust) Belgium
B World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue Belgium
B Jewish children in the Holocaust Belgium
B Holocaust survivors Interviews
B Jewish children in the Holocaust
B Christianity and antisemitism Belgium History, 20th century
B World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue
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Summary:In Belgium in the summer of 1942, when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families, parents searched desperately for safe havens for their children. This book tells the stories of children who found haven in Roman Catholic convents and orphanages, and of the women who sheltered them.
ISBN:0199870756
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195181289.001.0001