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Author:   Rita B. Ross
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   Hamilton Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9780761845621

ISBN 10:   0761845623
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   16 August 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Prologue Part 3 Part One - Running Chapter 4 1. Good-Bye Chapter 5 2. Heil Hitler Chapter 6 3. Alex Chapter 7 4. Freda Chapter 8 5. Vienna Chapter 9 6. Parting Chapter 10 7. Poland Chapter 11 8. The Farm Chapter 12 9. The Sardines Chapter 13 10. Jew Girl Chapter 14 11. The Visit Chapter 15 12. Trip to Karakow Chapter 16 13. On the Run Chapter 17 14. Freezing Chapter 18 15. The Ghetto Chapter 19 16. Into the Dark Woods Chapter 20 17. Prison Chapter 21 18. The Journey Chapter 22 19. A Normal Childhood in a Mental Hospital Chapter 23 20. School Chapter 24 21. Merry Christmas Chapter 25 22. Denial Chapter 26 23. Leaving Liebenau Chapter 27 24. News Chapter 28 25. The Long Train Ride Chapter 29 26. Refugee Chapter 30 27. First Stop Chapter 31 28. Second Leg of Our Journey Chapter 32 29. Victor Chapter 33 30. The Gripsholm Part 34 Part Two - Immigrant Girl Chapter 35 31. Ellis Island Chapter 36 32. Reunion Chapter 37 33. Interlude Chapter 38 34. 516 West 188th Street Chapter 39 35. Tovah Chapter 40 36. Yetta Chapter 41 37. Camp Chapter 42 38. The Sacred and the Profane Chapter 43 39. Unemployment Chapter 44 40. A Battle of Wills Chapter 45 41. Dancing Chapter 46 42. Growing Pains Chapter 47 43. Tenth Summer Chapter 48 44. Miss Weinstein Chapter 49 45. Michael Chapter 50 46. The Past Comes Calling Chapter 51 47. Music Lessons Chapter 52 48. The Gift Chapter 53 49. Breaking Point Chapter 54 50. Rescue Chapter 55 51. Teenager Chapter 56 52. Hope Chapter 57 53. A Glimpse of the Promised Land Chapter 58 54. Music and Art Chapter 59 55. Thanksgiving 1951 Chapter 60 56. Odd Girl Out Chapter 61 57. My School Chapter 62 58. Opening Doors Chapter 63 59. Chameleon Chapter 64 60. A Cold and Empty House Chapter 65 61. Forest Hills Chapter 66 62. The Dress Chapter 67 63. Dating Jewish Chapter 68 64. Leaving Paradise Chapter 69 Epilogue

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A most unusual and harrowing Holocaust tale. Because she suffered every inhumanity except a concentration camp, she spent a lifetime in denial, believing that hers was a 'happy childhood.' Rita's discovery of the truth and her eventual acceptance of reality is a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever survived any kind of adversity and who among us hasn't?--Melinda Blau

The remarkable story details her family's 7-year-journey to elude capture, from the time of the Vienna Anschluss to the war's end, assuming false identities and eventually arriving at Ellis Island, with yet another unexpected and poignant twist.--World Jewish Congress Foundation

Author Information

Rita Ross was born in Vienna, Austria two years before Hitler's troops stormed the country. She spent the war years hiding her Jewish identity and came to America in 1945. She taught at the Perlman Jewish Day School in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania for 27 years and is a frequent lecturer on her Holocaust experiences and the need for tolerance.

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