{"product_id":"who-will-rescue-us-the-story-of-the-jewish-children-who-fled-to-france-and-america-during-the-holocaust-hardcover","title":"Who Will Rescue Us?: The Story of the Jewish Children Who Fled to France and America During the Holocaust - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Hobson Faure\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first account of Jewish children's flight from Nazi Germany to France--and their subsequent escape to America from the Vichy regime\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the eve of the Second World War, an estimated 1.6 million Jewish children lived in Nazi-occupied Europe. While 10,000 of them escaped to Britain in the Kindertransport, only some 500 found a new home in France. Here they attempted to begin again--but their refuge would all too soon become a trap. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the first time, Laura Hobson Faure brings to life the experiences of these children, and the Jewish and non-Jewish organizations who helped them. Drawing on survivors' testimonies as well as children's diaries, letters, drawings, songs, and poems, \u003ci\u003eWho Will Rescue Us?\u003c\/i\u003e re-creates their complex journeys, including how some of them eventually found safety in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hobson Faure paints a moving portrait of these children and their escape, uncovering their agency in the flight from Nazism--and knits together the network of the many who aided them along the way.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Hobson Faure\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of modern history and chair of Modern Jewish History at Universit? Paris 1-Panth?on-Sorbonne. She's an expert on French-American Jewish history and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe \"Jewish Marshall Plan\" The American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978226434349,"sku":"9780300269963","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/PyUiR8km3Z9780300269963.webp?v=1775801130","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/who-will-rescue-us-the-story-of-the-jewish-children-who-fled-to-france-and-america-during-the-holocaust-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}