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Escape to Freedom
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2007
Summary
As a ten-year-old child, Leon Rubinstein fled Germany with his parents in 1933 to Luxembourg and then Belgium, which they fled again on the morning of the Nazi invasion. They dwelt quietly as refugees in the south of France until the Vichy government began its roundup of foreign Jews for deportation. After his father's arrest, Leon endeavors to save himself and his mother with a daring journey to the border towns of southeastern France. Among their encounters, they hitch a ride with German SS officers, while disguising their identities. Their arduous journey leads them to Switzerland, where the memoir provides a rare look at the lives of Jewish refugees in the Swiss work camps.
Throughout this deeply felt story is Rubinstein's awareness of his transformation from adolescence to young manhood amid the catastrophic losses and dislocations of the war years in Europe. His personal story resonates with anyone who remembers discovering love, as well as the necessity of choices and sacrifices.
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Bibliographic data
Edition
1/2007
Copyright Year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-3691-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-2640-4
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
113
Product Type
Monograph
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Table of Contents No access
Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
1: Leaving Frankfurt No access Pages 1 - 4
2: Luxembourg and Brussels No access Pages 5 - 13
3: War Comes to the West No access Pages 14 - 24
4: Camp Agde No access Pages 25 - 29
5: Aubenas No access Pages 30 - 33
6: Family and Friends No access Pages 34 - 37
7: The Escape No access Pages 38 - 50
8: Arrival in Switzerland No access Pages 51 - 56
9: Camp Sierre No access Pages 57 - 60
10: The Guetsch No access Pages 61 - 63
11: Camp Bonstetten No access Pages 64 - 69
12: The Children's Home at Speicher No access Pages 70 - 78
