Elsie's War

a story of courage in Nazi Germany

Frances Lincoln (2006)

9781845070069

| Paperback

32 pages | 6 x 230 mm | en_US

$ 7.95 | Value: $ 34.07

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Dewey 940.5318092

Subject

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Juvenile Literature. - Germany
Nazis - Juvenile Literature
Righteous Gentiles In The Holocaust - Biography - Germany
World War, 1939-1945 - Juvenile Literature. - Germany

Plot

A follow-up to My Secret Camera, this photographic testimony for children is the inspiring story of Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, a member of the wealthy "Leica camera" family, who risked everything in order to help those who were being persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. The Gestapo found out about Elsie's activities, then she was torn from her children and imprisoned in dreadful conditions. The book tells a story of courage and self-sacrifice in a time of great adversity, illustrated with period documents and photographs from the Leica archives and from Elsie's own family collection. This remarkable photo-essay sensitively introduces the Holocaust to young readers.