Rescuing the children a Holocaust memoir /

Rescuing the children a Holocaust memoir /

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Author / Creator: Samuel, Vivette, 1919-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Imprint: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2002.
Subjects:
Samuel, Vivette, > 1919-
Œuvre de secours aux enfants (France)
Jews > France > Biography.
Jews > Persecutions > France.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > France > Personal narratives.
Jewish children in the Holocaust > France.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > France.
France > Ethnic relations.
Online Access:Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.
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Summary:Rescuing the Children is the memoir of Vivette Samuel, who at age twenty-two began working for the OEuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE, or Society for Assistance to Children). The OSE and similar organizations saved 86 percent of Jewish children in France from deportation to Nazi concentration and extermination camps.
Item Description:Originally published as Sauver les enfants, c1995.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-214) and index.
ISBN:9780299177430 (online)
9781283906593 (online)
Author Notes:Vivette Samuel had a long career in social work and lived in Paris, France. Charles B. Paul, a historian, is professor emeritus in the humanities department at San José State University. He was among the children rescued by the OSE.

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