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Out of Hiding: A Holocaust Survivor's Journey to America
Out of Hiding A Holocaust Survivor's Journey to America Author:Ruth Gruener "The world is so beautiful. I want so much to live." — A gripping true story of war, survival, and starting over. — Growing up Jewish in 1930s Poland, Ruth Gruener was hidden as a child during the Holocaust. She had to sit motionless and silent in the shadows, lest the Nazis find her - which would mean certain death. When World Ward II ended, Ru... more »th and her parents were relieved to be alive, and free. but their struggles as displaced people had just begun.
In war-ravaged Europe, Ruth and her parents waited and waited for papers that would let them immigrate to America. After a perilous ocean crossing, Ruth had to start all over in Brooklyn - learn a new language, find new friends. but she was haunted by nightmares and flashbacks of the Holocaust. Would she ever truly be able to begin a new life?
This powerful and gripping memoir - with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz - is both deeply personal and universal, exploring the aftershocks of trauma, the promise of hope, and what is means to be a refugee.« less