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Something beautiful happened : a story of survival and courage in the face of evil / Yvette Manessis Corporon.

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    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Corporon, Yvette Manessis, author.
    Published
    New York, NY : Howard Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017
    ©2017
    1709
    Locale
    Greece
    Corfu Island
    Edition
    First Howard Books hardcover edition
    Contents
    Introduction. They weren't really gone after all
    We loved them like sisters
    The Jews of Corfu
    You are orphans now
    Pass the lamb. We saved the Jews.
    Papa Savvas, the Jewish tailor of Corfu
    The nightly knock at the door
    Yia-yia never told

    Searching for Savvas
    Righteous among the nations
    Whatever you do, don't challenge him to a game of chess
    I think our grandmothers were friends
    Reat and Bill
    When words don't make sense
    Tragic irony
    He picked the wrong family and the wrong community
    He was watching over them
    The ones who stood up
    Heaven is all around us
    It was nothing. It was everything.
    Piecing together the story of Savvas
    Rosa's family
    Modern miracles
    Reunion
    Erikousa's Icarus
    Finding Savvas
    Full circle
    Epilogue
    Afterword. Lessons from new and cherished friends.
    Notes
    Introduction. They weren't really gone after all -- We loved them like sisters -- The Jews of Corfu -- You are orphans now -- Pass the lamb. We saved the Jews. -- Papa Savvas, the Jewish tailor of Corfu -- The nightly knock at the door -- Yia-yia never told -- -- Searching for Savvas -- Righteous among the nations -- Whatever you do, don't challenge him to a game of chess -- I think our grandmothers were friends -- Reat and Bill -- When words don't make sense -- Tragic irony -- He picked the wrong family and the wrong community -- He was watching over them -- The ones who stood up -- Heaven is all around us -- It was nothing. It was everything. -- Piecing together the story of Savvas -- Rosa's family -- Modern miracles -- Reunion -- Erikousa's Icarus -- Finding Savvas -- Full circle -- Epilogue -- Afterword. Lessons from new and cherished friends.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9781501161117
    1501161113
    Physical Description
    xiv, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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