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Other titles in the Smith and Kraus Global series:Hiding in Plain Sightby Betty Lauer
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:An extraordinary story of strength, resilience, hope, and salvation, Betty Lauer's book chronicles Berta Weissberger's six-year terrifying odyssey in Nazi-occupied Poland. After dying her hair blonde and studying the catechism in hopes of passing as Christian Poles, Berta, her mother, and her sister live a life of constant vigilance and fear. It is only through her abiding faith in a higher power that she is enabled to survive while hiding in plain sight.
Review:"Even if you think you've read enough about the Holocaust, start this extraordinary eyewitness account, and you won't quit till you're finished. Bertel Weissberger (now Betty Lauer) was 12 in April 1938 when her father was expelled from Germany and went to America. That October, Bertel; her sister, Eva; and her mother — along with truckloads of other German Jews — were sent to Poland. Initially, they lived as registered Jews, with special curfews, work assignments and food rations. Then came armbands, herding into ghettos and the 'liquidations' of ghettos by mass executions or transports to concentration camps. Bertel and her mother — the Nazis caught Eva — got forged papers and learned to pass as Polish Christians. This was a constant strain, as IDs were continually rechecked and bounty hunters were always searching for disguised Jews. Fleeing a series of near-discoveries, Bertel and her mother ended up in Warsaw, where they fought in the 1943 uprising and were deported to an internment camp, along with Bertel's Polish Christian 'husband.' They bribed their way out of the camp to take various work assignments, navigated the Russian occupation of Poland, walked to Auschwitz to look for Eva and stowed away on a ship from Poland to Sweden, finally sailed to America. Beyond the incredible journey, this day-by-day account of a teenager learning 'survival dexterity' — how to extract assistance from the ambivalent, how to sense danger in the slightest gesture — is unforgettable. Map, photos. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc.) What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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