Escape from Warsaw

Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780590425346.

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, three children who have been separated from their family flee Warsaw. On a cold, dark night in Warsaw in 1942, the Balicki children watch in horror as Nazi Storm Troopers arrest their mother. Now they are alone. With the war raging around them, food and shelter are hard to come by. They live in constant fear. Finally, they get word that their father is alive. He has made it to Switzerland. Edek and Ruth are determined to find him, though they know how dangerous the long trip from Warsaw will be. But they also know that if they dont make it, they may never see their parents again. Their gripping story is taken from actual accounts.