Holocaust Series: Issue #33

Run: To the Port of Last Resort

Plot

oung Doris was very small when the Nazis began attacking the Jewish people. She and her widowed mother thought it best to try to leave Germany. They went by ship to Shanghai, China where they spent eight long years. Their neighbors went with them and they supported one another in the “ghetto” conditions endured by the Jews. When the war ended, Doris and hermother boarded a ship bound for America. Thirteen-year-old Doris weighed a mere 65 pounds. They started life over in Peoria, Illinois. Young author Amen Gabre and young artist Faith Mutum have brilliantly brought her story to life for young readers.