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Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000-01-03

Parallel Journeys

Parallel Journeys

Eleanor H Ayer, Author

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9780689832369

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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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Told from opposite sides of a shared tragedy, this account fosters empathy and sparks reflection on belief, responsibility, and the choices we make. Readers are challenged to think critically about humanity and history through honest, deeply personal storytelling.

Keywords and Themes: Biography & Autobiography • Courage • Critical Thinking • Empathy • Historical • History • Holocaust • Identity • Integrity • Juvenile Nonfiction • Perspective • Prejudice & Racism • Reflection • Resilience • Responsibility • Social Topics

Readability • 6.9

Age Range • 10-12

Pages • 244

Subjects • Holocaust • Jewish (1939-1945) • Waterford • Helen • Jews • Germany • Frankfurt am Main • Holocaust survivors • United States • Heck • Alfons • Hitler-Jugend • German Americans

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Holocaust • Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism

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 concentration 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 World War II. The riveting stories of these two remarkable people must stand as a powerful lesson to us all.

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