Speciale Aanbieding Selected to live – Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner (Reprinted 1986)

Beschrijving

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. 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:
Fantastic biography of a young woman who survived the terrors of Nazi ideology that destroyed her family and left her alone but alive after her father saved her from capture by hiding her in the house as he and the family were all rounded up from their home and taken away from her forever. The story tells of her journey and survival helped by many a brave soul. Through it all she came to trust in Christ as her eternal God and Saviour.

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