Parallel Journeys
Books | Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Holocaust
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Eleanor H. Ayer
She was a young German Jew. He was an ardent member of the Hitler Youth. This is the story of their parallel journey through World War II. Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck were born just a few miles from each other in the German Rhineland. But their lives took radically different courses: Helen’s to the Auschwitz concentration camp; Alfons to a high rank in the Hitler Youth. While Helen was hiding in Amsterdam, Alfons was a fanatic believer in Hitler’s “master race.” While she was crammed in a cattle car bound for the death camp Auschwitz, he was a teenage commander of frontline troops, ready to fight and die for the glory of Hitler and the Fatherland. This book tells both of their stories, side-by-side, in an overwhelming account of the nightmare that was World War II. The riveting stories of these two remarkable people must stand as a powerful lesson to us all.
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Author
Eleanor H. Ayer
Pages
256
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2011-06-28
ISBN
1442440996 9781442440999
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"Personally, I think it is a little hard to understand, and get into. I had to read this as part of my eighth grade holocaust unit, and it took me a bit to get into. For me it was confusing figuring out whose perspective it was in, until it got further into the book, at which point there were clear perspectives. All together I think I’d give it a 2.5/5, definitely not something I’d chose on my own, but it is great to see two very different perspectives of this terrible genocide. "
Haily McCarty