War children : the Second World War in their own words / selected by Phil Robins.

By:

Robins, Phil

Contributor(s):

Imperial War Museum (Great Britain) Department of Sound Records

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Scholastic, 2005.Description: 272 pages; illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits; 22 cmISBN:

9780439963152
043996315X

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Personal narratives.

DDC classification:

940.53161 22

Summary: Using taped interviews from the Imperial War Museum's extensive Sound Archive, Phil Robins has gathered together this compelling collection of first-hand accounts from people who grew up during the Second World War. As well as British children's stories of evacuation and the Blitz, this book also includes memories from survivors of the Holocaust in Europe and from Germans who as children witnessed the near-total destruction of their country. Illustrated with many contemporary photographs, and including a timeline of the War and an index, Under Fire provides a vivid insight into childhood experiences of wartime.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction	Waimate Junior Non-Fiction	Children &Young Adults Section	940.53 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A00409014

"In association with the Imperial War Museum"--Note on cover.

First published in the UK as "Under Fire" by Scholastic Ltd. 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (page 266) and index.

Using taped interviews from the Imperial War Museum's extensive Sound Archive, Phil Robins has gathered together this compelling collection of first-hand accounts from people who grew up during the Second World War. As well as British children's stories of evacuation and the Blitz, this book also includes memories from survivors of the Holocaust in Europe and from Germans who as children witnessed the near-total destruction of their country. Illustrated with many contemporary photographs, and including a timeline of the War and an index, Under Fire provides a vivid insight into childhood experiences of wartime.

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