
Parallel Journeys
Eleanor Ayer(Author)
Simon & Schuster Australia (Publisher)
Published on 15. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-0-689-83236-9 (ISBN)
Description
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 extermination 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 WWII. The riveting stories of these two remarkable people must stand as a powerful lesson to us all.
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Language
English
Place of publication
East Roseville
Australia
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: Kindergarten, Interest Age: From 10 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
177 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-689-83236-9 (9780689832369)
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Eleanor H. Ayer is a novelist, biographer, and travel writer from Vermont. She is best known for her book Parallel Journeys