A member of the Boulder community wrote this book based on her experiences during the Holocaust.
**** A book has come out recently that might be of interest to your adult and young adult audiences. It is called "When the World Closed Its Doors: Struggling to Escape Nazi-Occupied Europe," by Ida Piller-Greenspan. It is the true story of Ida and Maurice, a young couple who, like many European Jews, were caught between the Nazis and the âpaper wallâ-- a bureaucratic maze that prevented all but a small number of Jewish refugees from emigrating from Nazi-occupied Europe. Ida and Maurice were married in Belgium on May 9, 1940. That night the Nazis invaded Belgium. The newlyweds survived the next four months hitchhiking through occupied territory, hiding in barns and tunnels, dodging bombs near Dunkirk, crossing the Pyrenees on foot, and enduring weeks with little food and no money. Ultimately they arrived in Portugal, certain they would find sanctuary somewhere in the world beyond Europeâs borders. But it took nine anxious months for them to find a country that would let them inmonths spent watching in horroras most refugees were forced back to uncertain lives in their home countries. <>Forty years later, Ida, an accomplished artist, created a pictorial diary of their journey. Her prints, lyrical, haunting, and compelling, are accompanied by a page-turning narrative that bears witness to this treacherous and largely forgotten chapter of World War II history. You can find a full write-up of the book at the following link: <http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=131241>http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=131241 Froma Fallik Director of Library Services HaSifria at the Boulder JCC 3800 Kalmia Ave. Boulder, CO 80301 303-998-1900 ext. 5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
