xi, 155 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Contents
Prologue--Leaving home: April 14, 1942: Part One: Introducing John -- Neubauer family -- Proud country: October 1937 -- Nazis arrive: March 15, 1939 -- Laws and restrictions: July 1939 -- War in the world: September 1939 -- Part two: Request: June 1940 -- Summer days at the swimming hole: July 1940 -- Ruda's idea: August 1940 -- Everyone loves Klepy -- Back to school: September 1940 -- Reporting team -- Ruda's invitation -- New reporter -- Frances in brno: February 1941 -- Underground reporters: March 1941 -- Outing: June 1941 -- Goodbye to the swimming hole: August 1941 -- Last days of Klepy: September 1941 -- Deportation: November 1941 -- Getting ready to leave: February 1942 -- Hiding Klepy -- Leaving home: April 1942 -- Part three: Theresienstadt: April 1942 -- In the barracks -- Bobrick -- Special ceremony: June 13, 1943 -- Wedding in Theresienstadt -- Leaving Theresienstadt: November 1943 -- Life and death in Auschwitz -- March: April 1945 -- Epilogue--finding Klepy.
Summary
Recounts the story of a group of Jewish children growing up in the Czech town of Budejovice during World War II, who founded a newspaper to document their concerns and the problems they encountered as conditions began to grow worse.
