Bibliograph

Hiding in plain sight, the incredible true story of a German-Jewish teenager's struggle to survive in Nazi-occupied Poland, Betty Lauer

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Hiding in plain sight, the incredible true story of a German-Jewish teenager's struggle to survive in Nazi-occupied Poland, Betty Lauer

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hiding in plain sight

Oclc number

53793713

Responsibility statement

Betty Lauer

Sub title

the incredible true story of a German-Jewish teenager's struggle to survive in Nazi-occupied Poland

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Expulsion -- Sanctuary -- Blitzkrieg -- Occupation -- Krysia Zolkos -- Escape to Szczucin -- Escape to Krakow -- Escape to Warsaw -- An address, a job, an ally -- The Warsaw uprising -- Spellen internment camp, Germany -- A visit to the Third Reich -- The health clinic at Myslowitz -- Liberation -- Swietochlowice: the search for loved ones begins -- On the way to America -- Stowaways to Sweden -- Epilogue

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