Elsie's War - Hardcover

Smith, Frank Dabba

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845071905 ISBN 13: 9781845071905

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, 2003

Synopsis

A follow-up to My Secret Camera, this photographic testimony for children is the inspiring story of Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, a member of one of the wealthiest families in Germany, who risked everything in order to help those who were being persecuted by the Nazis during the Second World War. The Gestapo found out about Elsie's activities, and she was torn from her children and imprisoned in dreadful conditions. The book tells a story of courage and self-sacrifice in a time of great adversity, illustrated with photographs from the Leica archives and from Elsie's own family collection.

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Review:

A sombre, yet inspiring account of sustained integrity and courage. (Time Out )

Older primary school children would find this story of how Elsie Kuhn-Leitz and her family helped many Jewish people escape from Nazi Germany most inspiring. (English 4-11 )

About the Author:

Frank Dabba Smith was born in California. He studied Linguistic Anthropology at Berkeley (BA Hons) and qualified as a teacher. He was ordained as a rabbi at Leo Baeck College, London, in 1994.

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1845071905
• ISBN 13: 9781845071905
• Binding: Hardcover