{"product_id":"hidden-children-of-the-holocaust-belgian-nuns-and-their-daring-rescue-of-young-jews-from-the-nazis-9780195181289","title":"Hidden Children of the Holocaust: Belgian Nuns and their Daring Rescue of Young Jews from the Nazis","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the terrifying summer of 1942 in Belgium  when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families  parents searched desperately for safe haven for their children. As Suzanne Vromen reveals in Hidden Children of the Holocaust  these children found sanctuary with other families and schools--but especially in Roman Catholic convents and orphanages. Vromen has interviewed not only those who were hidden as children  but also the Christian women who rescued them  and the nuns who gave the children shelter  all of whose voices are heard in this powerfully moving book. Indeed  here are numerous first-hand memoirs of life in a wartime convent--the secrecy  the humor  the admiration  the anger  the deprivation  the cruelty  and the kindness--all with the backdrop of the terror of the Nazi occupation. We read the stories of the women of the Resistance who risked their lives in placing Jewish children in the care of the Church  and of the Mothers Superior and nuns who sheltered these children and hid their identity from the authorities. Perhaps most riveting are the stories told by the children themselves--abruptly separated from distraught parents and given new names  the children were brought to the convents with a sense of urgency  sometimes under the cover of darkness. They were plunged into a new life  different from anything they had ever known  and expected to adapt seamlessly. Vromen shows that some adapted so well that they converted to Catholicism  at times to fit in amid the daily prayers and rituals  but often because the Church appealed to them. Vromen also examines their lives after the war  how they faced the devastating loss of parents to the Holocaust  struggled to regain their identities and sought to memorialize those who saved them. This remarkable book offers an inspiring chronicle of the brave individuals who risked everything to protect innocent young strangers  as well as a riveting account of the \"hidden children\" who lived to tell their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647848407093,"sku":"ByrdShop_019518128X","price":23.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195181289.jpg?v=1781698071","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/hidden-children-of-the-holocaust-belgian-nuns-and-their-daring-rescue-of-young-jews-from-the-nazis-9780195181289","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}