Parallel Journeys
by Ayer, Eleanor H.
Edition statement:1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. Published by : Aladdin Paperbacks (New York, NY) Physical details: ix, 244 p ill. ; 20 cm. ISBN:0689832362 (pbk.) :.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.
The power and the glory --
The tightening noose --
Serving mein Führer --
Kristallnacht: the Night of Broken Glass --
Marching down the road to war --
The Nazi net ensnares Holland --
Disaster in the East --
A dark look into the future --
The kingdom --
Forever and ever? --
Heading into hiding --
Germany's youngest top-rated glider pilot --
Discovery and deportation --
A meeting with mein Führer --
Our journey to heaven --
The Christmas Eve air attack --
Some small signs of hope --
Decline, fall, and capture --
The long trek home --
"You will be executed by a firing squad" --
One day at a time --
Oceans cannot put ghosts to rest --
Coming to grips with the past --
Epilogue: The world must not forget.
She was a young German Jew. He was an ardent member of the Hitler Youth. This is the story of their parallel journey through World War II. Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck were born just a few miles from each other in the German Rhineland. But their lives took radically different courses: Helen's to the Auschwitz extermination camp; Alfons to a high rank in the Hitler Youth. While Helen was hiding in Amsterdam, Alfons was a fanatic believer in Hitler's "master race." While she was crammed in a cattle car bound for the death camp Auschwitz, he was a teenage commander of frontline troops, ready to fight and die for the glory of Hitler and the Fatherland. This book tells both of their stories, side-by-side, in an overwhelming account of the nightmare that was WWII. The riveting stories of these two remarkable people must stand as a powerful lesson to us all.
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