Places of Greater Safety
- ISBN-10
- 0963616110
- ISBN-13
- 9780963616111
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 286
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- RDR Books
- Author
- Hilda Hollingsworth
Description
Hilda Hollingsworth's story of the World War II evacuation of nearly 1 million children from London's big cities to so called Places of Greater safety just prior to the Nazi blitz offers a look at the Christian side of the holocaust. Hilda and her sisters lived with a series of foster families in the relative safety of Wales, some kind, some punitive. The result is a testament to the courage and ingenuity of young people who meet with the kindness of strangers and child abuse. One of the best books ever written about wartime Britain from a child's perspective. It can be read alongside The Diary of Anne Frank.
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