participation, juvenile

Personal narratives of Christians, Gypsies, deaf people, homosexuals, and blacks who suffered at the hands of the Nazis before and during World War II.

Personal narratives of Christians, Gypsies, deaf people, homosexuals, and blacks who suffered at the hands of the Nazis before and during World War II.

The author presents the story of his father, who, when he was five years old, witnessed the massacre of his mother and siblings by a Nazi death squad in 1941, and who was eventually discovered by a Nazi-led Latvian police brigade who took him in as their mascot and described his life-long struggle to reconnect with his Jewish roots.

Presents a collection of stories from World War II, culled from eyewitness accounts, archival images, detailed maps, and a timeline of key events that paint a vivid picture of daily life in wartime as experienced by children who lived through it.