Such Good Girls: The Journey of the Holocaust's Hidden Child Survivors

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"The real-life puzzle of what happened to the generation of Jewish children who survived the Holocaust in hiding, Edgar Award-winning mystery novelist R. D. Rosen tells this silent, forgotten generation's story through the lives of three girls hidden in three different countries--among the less than 10 percent of Jewish children in Europe to survive World War II--who went on to lead remarkable lives in New York City"--  Read more... Abstract: "The real-life puzzle of what happened to the generation of Jewish children who survived the Holocaust in hiding, Edgar Award-winning mystery novelist R. D. Rosen tells this silent, forgotten generation's story through the lives of three girls hidden in three different countries--among the less than 10 percent of Jewish children in Europe to survive World War II--who went on to lead remarkable lives in New York City" Content: Introduction: Why is this seder different from all other seders? -- Part One: The children -- Sophie -- Flora -- Carla -- Part Two. The gathering -- Still hiding -- Sophie's choices -- My name may have been Miriam -- The hierarchy of suffering -- Part Three. The ghetto inside -- The minefield of memory -- Am I a Christian or a Jew? -- The next circle of hell -- Keepers of the flame -- My name is refugee.