Out of Hiding A Holocaust Survivor's Journey to America

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By Ruth Gruener
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Out of Hiding A Holocaust Survivor's Journey to America
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Description Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents were overjoyed to be free. But their struggles as displaced people had just begun.In warravaged Europe, they waited for paperwork for a chance to come to America. Once they arrived in Brooklyn, they began to build a new life, but spoke little English. Ruth started at a new school and tried to make friends but continued to fight nightmares and flashbacks of her time during World War II.The familys perseverance is a classic story of the American dream, but also illustrates the difficulties that millions of immigrants face in the aftermath of trauma.This is a gripping and human account of a survivors journey forward with timely connections to refugee and immigrant exp...

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208 pages208 pages
Published 2020Published 2020

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