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Beyond Hiding: My Sisters and I is a poignant memoir by Newbery Honor Book-winner, Johanna Reiss, chronicling her experiences surviving the Holocaust. The book begins with Reiss’ childhood in Holland shattered by the Nazi invasion in 1940. Forced into hiding with her sister, Sini, in the small hamlet of Usselo, they are sheltered by a farmer and his family—strangers who risked everything to save these two girls they had never met before. Reiss vividly captures the terrifying fear of discovery, the sisters’ emotional struggles, and the impact of Nazi persecution on them.
Reiss also details her family in turmoil post-liberation after 1945, highlighting the challenges of rebuilding their lives with whatever they had left. Reiss and her sisters were lucky to survive the war, but their psychological wounds would continue to haunt them. Perhaps some wounds are too deep to heal? Can Reiss find her own peace—and peace with her sisters—before it’s too late?
Product Details
Print length: 158 pages
Publisher: Graymalkin Media
Language: English
ISBN: 9781631684395
Beyond Hiding: My Sisters and I is a poignant memoir by Newbery Honor Book-winner, Johanna Reiss, chronicling her experiences surviving the Holocaust. The book begins with Reiss’ childhood in Holland shattered by the Nazi invasion in 1940. Forced into hiding with her sister, Sini, in the small hamlet of Usselo, they are sheltered by a farmer and his family—strangers who risked everything to save these two girls they had never met before. Reiss vividly captures the terrifying fear of discovery, the sisters’ emotional struggles, and the impact of Nazi persecution on them.
Reiss also details her family in turmoil post-liberation after 1945, highlighting the challenges of rebuilding their lives with whatever they had left. Reiss and her sisters were lucky to survive the war, but their psychological wounds would continue to haunt them. Perhaps some wounds are too deep to heal? Can Reiss find her own peace—and peace with her sisters—before it’s too late?
Product Details
Print length: 158 pages
Publisher: Graymalkin Media
Language: English
ISBN: 9781631684395