An improbable journey, a true story of courage and survival during World War II

by Susan Schenkel, Ph.D.

Paper Book, 2014

Publication

Cambridge Massachusetts : BrightField Books. 2014

Collection

Call number

Biography S

Physical description

184 p.; 23 cm

Status

Available

Call number

Biography S

Description

An Improbable Journey is an incredible and unique story about two European Jews who beat impossible odds.Through an extraordinary chain of events, a German Jew and a Polish Jew find themselves in Central Asia. They fall in love and struggle to survive hunger, homelessness, deadly epidemics, a black market economy, and Soviet police harassment. After the war, they manage to get from Central Asia to a displaced persons camp in Southern Germany. Along the way, they have a baby. Incredibly, in the DP camp, this Jewish couple formed an enduring friendship, which defied the hatreds of the time, with a German woman and put their baby in her care.

Language

ISBN

9780989437721
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