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OverviewRescuing the Children is the memoir of Vivette Samuel, who at age twenty-two began working for the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE, or Society for Assistance to Children). The OSE and similar organizations saved 86 percent of Jewish children in France from deportation to Nazi concentration and extermination camps. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vivette Samuel , Charles B. Paul , Elie WieselPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.456kg ISBN: 9780299177447ISBN 10: 0299177440 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 28 February 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIllustrations Foreword: Rescue the Children—but the Others? A Reminiscence Introduction 1 Odessa to Paris 2 War, Exodus, and Occupation 3 To Be Committed at the Age of Twenty 4 Rivesaltes: Behind the Barbed Wire 5 At the Time of the Deportations 6 The Hunt for the Children 7 Going Underground 8 Coming Out of the War 9 Fifty Years Later 10 Children's Odysseys Appendix 1: What Happened to Them? Appendix 2: Some Numbers Appendix 3: Chronology Acronyms and Abbreviations Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsThis testimony by Vivette Samuel is important not only because she describes dramatic events that took place during the occupation of France but also because she brings to light insufficiently known facts about an organization--the oeuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE)--whose devotion to human causes does honor to humanity. I confess that I read this book with a great deal of emotion, because I owe so much to the OSE. It was the OSE that, in June 1945, took charge of the four hundred 'children of Buchenwald, ' [including me]. --Elie Wiesel, winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Author InformationVivette Samuel had a long career in social work and lived in Paris, France. Charles B. Paul, a historian, is professor emeritus in the humanities department at San José State University. He was among the children rescued by the OSE. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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