Escape Into Danger
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Author | : Sophia Orlovsky Williams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 1442214694 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781442214699 |
Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Escape Into Danger by : Sophia Orlovsky Williams
Book excerpt: Escape into Danger tells the remarkable true story of a young girl's perilous adventures and coming-of-age during World War II. Only seventeen when Germany invaded Russia in 1941, Sophia left her native Kiev, unwittingly escaping the Babi Yar massacre. On her journey into Russia, she fled from flooding, dodged fires and bombs, and fell in love. At Stalingrad, Sophia turned back in a futile attempt to return home to her mother. Stranded in a Nazi-occupied town, accepted as a Russian, she found work with a sympathetic German officer and felt secure until a local girl recognized her as a Jew. Wit.