Beschrijving
This is the dramatic story of a Jewish childhood ravaged by the Nazis. A young girl is the shocked witness to the destruction of her family, and makes a thrilling and miraculous escape from the same fate.
A young girl is the shocked witness to the destruction of her family and makes a thrilling and miraculous escape from the same fate. By the time she was barely a teenager, Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner was already an adept fugitive, one step ahead of her Nazi pursuers as she went underground, moving from one sympathetic Dutch family to another until the end of the war. On her travels she encounters a Christian community, and through them she discovers Jesus and realises that she has been selected to live in more ways than one… First published by Marshall Pickering in 1969
About the Author:
Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner lived with in Glasgow with her Scottish husband and two daughters and spoke regularly to groups about the experiences of her childhood until she died in 2002.
Review:
Johanna Ruth Dobschiner’s memoir is truly remarkable and inspiring. As a teenage Orthodox Jew in German occupied Holland during World War II, she found herself alone, navigating life and death decisions. Her escapes from deportation were extraordinary and a testament to her wit. After several close calls and feeling hopeless she decided to trust a stranger who offered a way to disappear in the underground. While in hiding she made the most important discovery of all in the pages of a children’s Bible.
| Author: | Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner (1926-2002) : Foreword by Corrie Ten Boom |
| ISBNr: | 0800706137 9780800706135 (not PB = 0720802121 9780720802122) |
