The Children's Train: Escape on the Kindertransport, by Jana Zinser
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In November 1938 on The Night of the Broken Glass, the Jewish people of Germany are terrified as Hitler's men shatter their store windows, steal and destroy their belongings, and arrest many Jewish fathers and brothers. Parents fear for their own lives but their focus is on protecting their children. When England arranges to take the children out of Germany by train, the Kindertransport is organized and parents scramble to get places on the trains for their young family members, worried about what the future will hold. Soon, trains filled with Jewish children escaping the Nazis chug over the border into Holland, where they are ferried across the English Channel to England and to freedom. But for Peter, the shy violin player, his sister Becca, and his friends Stephen and Hans, life in England holds challenges as well. Peter’s friend Eva, who did not get a seat on the Kindertransport, is left to the evil plans of Hitler. Peter, working his musician’s hands raw at a farm in Coventry, wonders if they should have stayed and fought back instead of escaping. When the Coventry farm is bombed and Nazis have reached England, Peter feels he has nothing left. He decides it’s time to stand and fight Hitler. Peter returns to Germany to join the Jewish underground resistance, search for the mother and sister he left behind in Berlin, and rescue his childhood friend Eva.
The Children's Train: Escape on the Kindertransport, by Jana Zinser - Amazon Sales Rank: #559663 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-26
- Released on: 2015-10-26
- Format: Kindle eBook
The Children's Train: Escape on the Kindertransport, by Jana Zinser About the Author As Jana tells it, the remarkable story of the Kindertransport children in Nazi Germany touched her heart and would not let go: Since the moment I heard their incredible, historic tale, they have not left my mind. The Kindertransport children came to live in my conscience and would not leave until I told their story. Jana hopes readers will find the courage to stand up to the injustices that affect us all, whether against a bully on the playground, in corporate America, or in a land far away like Darfur.Jana Zinser is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire School of Law and received her masters in Journalism from the University of Iowa. Her past work in politics, public policy, and the media, coupled with her determined focus on children and social justice, have uniquely placed her to tell this story. It s a story as timeless and essential as ever, a story that will capture the hearts of the world.Jana lives in Colorado with her children.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. and he didn't like Jews, not even the small ones By Peggy Geiger Genre: Historical Fiction>WW II eraExcerpt from the book:"Peter Weinberg, with the gray, piercing eyes, was eleven when he had to face the truth that the world was filled with evil, and there was nothing he could do about it. The Nazi monster, Adolph Hitler, had risen to power in Germany, and he didn't like Jews, not even the small ones."The Nazi regime began closing in on the Jewish world slowly at first. They were no longer allowed in the parks, then they were banned from the swimming pools. Their safe, secure world began to turn upside down. Signs in retail stores said, "Do Not Sell Anything to Jews". By measured, deliberate increments, the violence and exclusion continued.Peter's father was a WW I decorated hero. He had fought alongside Hitler and his Nazi thugs as patriots, brothers in arms, only a few years before. Peter cannot understand why he is now considered less than human and hated, just for being Jewish.The confusion over the concept of hatred turns to dread. Synagogues and books are burned. Leaving Germany now requires permission, paperwork and money. Any control over their lives begins to slip away along with all human rights. Children are called "rats" as they are rudely escorted out of school and told not to come back.The Night of the Broken Glass destroys shops, businesses and the means of making a living. The targeting escalates. Homes are destroyed or commandeered by non-Jewish Germans.Being Jewish is now approximates a death sentence. Devastation morphs into unspeakable, unrelenting horror. Jews are beaten, arrested and killed. Or they just disappear in the night. Unknown to the Jewish population, it has only just begun.I have read many stories about WW II, however, I had never heard of The Children's Train or Kindertransport. After The Night of Broken Glass, England organized a a program offering safe haven to Jewish children up to the age of 17. The children traveled by train to Holland and were then ferried to England. Ten thousand children were saved. Kindertransport continued until Holland was invaded and Germany closed its border.This is a story of the parental heartbreak of sending terrified children away to save them and also the story of the children who did not get a seat on a train. The concentration camps received the children who missed the train.Peter was eleven, his sister Becca was six, when they arrived in England. Their father was dead by this time and their mother could not bear to part with baby Lily. She kept Lily with her in Germany. All was not good for the children who survived the Nazi reign of terror. After arriving in England, Peter and Becca were separated. Peter was selected by a cruel farmer and his wife as a free farmhand. He was worked to the point of exhaustion daily. Becca was selected by a family that treated her well.Most of the rescued children never saw their parents again and were subjected to the numerous Blitz bombings in England.The story follows Peter as he eventually joins the Jewish resistance to wreak havoc with the Nazi war effort.I highly recommend this novel, it should be required reading for middle and high school students so this history can never be repeated.ARC courtesy of the author and publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.View all my reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Hard to get through, but worth the trouble By Paul My first time in Amsterdam, I tried to go to the Anne Frank museum. No one stopped me, I just couldn’t do it; it was just too heavy, too much. A lot of this book had me feeling the same way, simply difficult to get through, though there were a lot more humorous moments than I expected, ending with the protagonist getting the nickname “Violin Commando!”The reason I did get through this book was because it was about the Kindertransport, which was a British program to get Jewish kids out of Nazi Germany. In college I wrote a paper about the different ways people escaped, including this, and I went to a play about it a couple of years ago. But surprisingly there isn’t all that much about it here, and a lot of this story takes place back in Germany and Poland after the kids have moved on to England. In addition to that, life for the kids in Britain isn’t all that great either, though of course not nearly as bad as if they hadn’t left. One more personal note: there’s a throwaway line where a character says, “Sometimes I wish the Jews weren’t always the ones chosen to suffer.” Back in college a poly-sci prof told a story about an Israeli student who started an oral report with, “The Jews are God’s chosen people. . .” and there was a pause while the professor hid, then the guy added, “chosen to suffer.”About halfway through I looked at the author’s website, where besides her impressive credentials I saw that this book is geared toward kids, or at least teens, which changed my perspective on the writing; I found myself more forgiving after that. The only problem I had with the plotting was the occurrence of too many coincidences, especially Peter when he infiltrates Germany and Poland and runs into so many people he knew before he left. In a book that makes you check your emotions at the door if you have any hope of reading through it, this is the most heartbreaking passage: knowing they’re about to die, a child tells his mother, “I’m glad I didn’t go on that train. Then you would have died alone.”
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Save the children By Susan D. I knew before reading this book that it was an upsetting story. and it was. The book is fiction based on fact. The Kindertransport did exist, it was a rescue train in Germany during world war two. It carried children from Germany to Holland and then they took a ferry to England. The train saved many Jewish children's lives. This book tells the fictional story of brother and sister Peter and Becca also their friends Stephen and Hans. It is a carefully written book which does not embellish the drastic situation and was a good read.
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