LEADER 03757cam a22004578i 4500001 296257 005 20240808150820.0 008 240726s2024 cau j 000 0aeng 010 2024000861 035 (OCoLC)on1415967607 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDX |dOCLCO |dEZG |dLHM 020 9798985408669 |q(paperback) 020 |z9798985408676 |q(epub) 020 8985408661 020 9788985408660 020 8985408666 042 pcc 043 e-pl---n-us--- 050 00 DS134.72.A677 |bA3 2024 049 LHMA 100 1 Applefield, Janet Singer, |d1935- |eauthor. 245 10 Becoming Janet : |bfinding myself in the Holocaust / |cby Janet Singer Applefield. 250 First edition. 264 1 Fort Bragg, California : |bCypress House, |c[2024] 300 180 pages : |billustrations ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 520 "AS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD IN NOWY TARG, POLAND, Gustawa Singer lived an idyllic life. Her parents doted on her, and she was always surrounded by loving relatives. Her father worked in the hardware store owned by her grandfather, and the family prospered. Then, in 1939, everything changed: Hitler's army invaded Poland, and Gustawa's carefree childhood days of petting her dog, going to the candy store with Uncle Artur, and savoring her grandmother's fresh-baked challah were gone forever. Ultimately, the Nazis killed 2,000 of the 2,200 Jews in her small hometown. Gustawa's mother was transported to the death camp at Belzec, her father was assigned to forced labor, and Gustawa became separated from everyone she had ever known. Amidst the Nazis' vile hatred and appalling savagery, a compassionate stranger spotted Gustawa after her "caretaker" cousin abandoned her in Krakow. This kindhearted woman took her in and fed, clothed, and loved her at terrible risk to her own family. For Gustawa's protection, her name had to be changed several times. She survived the seemingly endless ordeal of the Holocaust and was eventually reunited with her father, who had never stopped searching for her. They emigrated to the United States where Janet grew up. Believing that the world must never forget the horrors unleashed by Hitler's regime, the woman who was now Janet Singer Applefield began a series of talks to middle- and high-school students, telling them the moving story of all she had endured, teaching them the power of courage and resilience in the face of bigotry and hate, and encouraging them to stand up to every kind of discrimination and injustice"-- |cProvided by publisher. 521 Ages 10+ |bCypress House. 521 Grades 7-9 |bCypress House. 600 10 Applefield, Janet Singer, |d1935- |xChildhood and youth |vJuvenile literature. 600 30 Singer family |vJuvenile literature. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zPoland |vPersonal narratives |vJuvenile literature. 650 0 Jewish children in the Holocaust |zPoland |vBiography |vJuvenile literature. 650 0 Holocaust survivors |zUnited States |vBiography |vJuvenile literature. 650 0 Jews |zPoland |zNowy Targ (Województwo Małopolskie) |vJuvenile literature |vBiography. 651 0 Nowy Targ (Województwo Małopolskie, Poland) |vBiography |vJuvenile literature. 650 6 Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste |0(CaQQLa)201-0285882 |zPologne |0(CaQQLa)201-0494059 |vBiographies |0(CaQQLa)201-0378258 |vOuvrages pour la jeunesse. |0(CaQQLa)201-0377026 650 6 Survivants de l'Holocauste |0(CaQQLa)201-0128408 |zÉtats-Unis |0(CaQQLa)201-0407727 |vBiographies |0(CaQQLa)201-0378258 |vOuvrages pour la jeunesse. |0(CaQQLa)201-0377026 852 0 |bscstacks |hDS134.72.A677 |iA3 2024