Risultati per "bambini" in Seconda guerra mondiale

Sami Modiano aveva solo otto anni quando è stato espulso dalla scuola. Abitava a Rodi, all’epoca territorio italiano, ed era in terza elementare. Il maestro non gli spiega il perché, gli dice solo di tornare a casa dal padre. Da quel giorno Sami smette di essere un bambino e diventa un ebreo. Con il padre Jakob e la sorella Lucia affronta le difficoltà delle Leggi razziali fasciste, fino al rastrellamento dell’intera comunità ebraica avvenuto nel luglio del 1944.

Fleeing East from Nazi terror, over a million Polish Jews traversed the Soviet Union, many finding refuge in Muslim lands. Their story - the extraordinary saga of two thirds of Polish Jewish survivors - has never been fully told. Author Mikhal Dekel's father, Hannan Teitel, and her aunt Regina were two of these refugees. After they fled the town in eastern Poland where their family had been successful brewers for centuries, they endured extreme suffering in the Soviet forced labor camps known as "special settlements".

What is it like to broadcast the fateful words "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday," then jump into the unknown? The members of one of the world's most unusual brotherhoods provide the answers in this incredible book. Formed during the Second World War to celebrate the survival of pilots who had been forced to bail out over water, the Goldfish Club has taken on new members ever since. They share one pivotal moment, but their experiences beyond this couldn't be more different.