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Escape into danger : the true story of a Kievan girl in World War II /

"Escape into Danger tells the remarkable story of a young girl's perilous adventures and coming of age during World War II. Born in Kiev to a Catholic mother and a Jewish father, Sophia Williams chose to be identified as Jewish when she was eligible for a Soviet passport, mandatory at the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Sophia, 1924-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Spring of youth. Full of Spunk ; "Let It Rot!" ; Politics ; Internationalka ; An Omen Fulfilled
  • pt. II. The Steppes Aflame. Partings ; Flagship Stalin ; Narrow Escapes ; Flight to the East ; The Turning Point ; My Purse! ; Stranded ; Waiting for the Enemy
  • pt. III. German Occupation. Facing the Invaders ; To Register--or Not? ; A Promotion ; "You Haven't Lost Everything." ; German Studies ; A Lamb in Spring ; Rescued
  • pt. IV. Eye of the Hurricane. On a Nazi Train ; "Good Little Farmer" ; A Red Silk Camisole ; Lord of the Manor ; Red Cross Nurse ; The Truth Comes Out
  • pt. V. Inside Nazi Germany. Nemesis on Horseback ; Found! ; A Proposal ; Beethoven's Fifth ; Hope ; Half-Crazy, or in Love ; Crisscrossing the Third Reich ; "Imagine, Running into You!" ; Off to the Alps
  • pt. VI. Postwar Germany. Liberated by the Americans ; A Changed Man ; Ten Centimes Short ; Pedaling through the Slush ; A Twenty-Mark Fine ; In the Cards ; Bird in a Maze ; A Double Rainbow.