The secret Holocaust diaries : the untold story of Nonna Bannister
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The secret Holocaust diaries : the untold story of Nonna Bannister
Author:
Bannister, Nonna, 1927-2004.
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9781414325460
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Publication Information:
Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2009.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 298 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Boarding the train -- Baby Sarah -- Before the Holocaust -- Move to Taganrog -- Move to Rostov-on-Don -- A day in the park -- The depression in Russia: Stalin's power -- Winter vacation with babushka at the dacha -- Our journey by train -- Homecoming welcome -- Our fun time begins -- Christmas church service -- Christmas Day 1932 -- Reflections on childhood -- Back to reality: 1933 -- Troubled times: 1933-34 -- Changing times: 1934-35 -- Wine-tasting time -- Times of uncertainty: 1937 -- Remembrances -- Germany attacks Poland -- Preparations for the invasion -- Our world begins to crumble -- Papa is found in hiding -- My last minutes with Papa -- Papa's burial -- Life without Papa -- Surviving the German occupation of Konstantinowka -- August 1942 -- Theend of the line -- Identification patches -- Labor camp, our first assignment: 1942 -- The break: Spring 1943 -- Loss of Mama to the Gestapo: September 1943 -- Survival to the end -- Last message from Mama -- Searching for Mama: Merxhausen hospital -- New life -- The final arrangements.
Abstract:
The author documents her experiences during World War II through a secret diary she kept during her time in a concentration camp and the years following the war.
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