Parallel Journeys Paperback - 2000
by Eleanor H. Ayer, Helen Waterford, Alfons Heck
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Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck were born just a few miles from each other in the German Rhineland, but Helen's fate took her to the Auschwitz extermination camp, while Alfons ranked high in the Hitler Youth. "A book to make your blood run cold."--"School Library Journal." Christopher Award winner and ALA Best Book for Young Adults. 5-page photo insert.
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Details
- Title Parallel Journeys
- Author Eleanor H. Ayer, Helen Waterford, Alfons Heck
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 244
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Aladdin, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-03-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # H02A-01677
- ISBN 9780689832369 / 0689832362
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.68 x 5.26 x 0.74 in (19.51 x 13.36 x 1.88 cm)
- Ages 10 to 12 years
- Grade levels 5 - 7
- Reading level 1050
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Topical: Holocaust
- Library of Congress subjects Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), German Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94023277
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
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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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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- Publishers Weekly, 02/14/2000, Page 203
